Changes and Learning....

As I posted on Facebook earlier today, if you want to wish bad luck on me, just wish my horse lame:P  Dealing with Lady over the last week has been a neverending headache, especially when I never knew what she would look like in another hour or when I woke up in the morning.  I had dreams constantly of her getting cast in her stall, catching a leg in the gate, laying down without being able to get up, etc, etc... One day I was absolutely terrified when I looked ou tthe window and she was stretched out flat on her side, something she never, ever does.  It turned out she was just resting and she got up okay, but it definitely scared me.... :P
Ah well... hoof trimmer, vet and a few hundred dollars later, it seems she simply has an abscess in one of her front feet... so now she's all wrapped up and ordered onto stall rest for a few days until it resolves itself...
Having to take care of her as much as I have been has been incredibly difficult to adjust to... but I have to say that she's done much much better than me... adapting to very limited turnout time and being wonderful about it... :P

There is so much I could learn from my lovely horse... more than I could say, she is beautiful and wonderful in every way. :)

Savvy on!
-Kit Marie and Lady Hwin

Leadership In It's Proper Place

I really did enjoy my horses today.  I went out with the decision to be a bit more consistant than usual, to really improve some things.  Now of course, plans don't always happen the way you want them to... especially when one's horse has a mind of its own.  >:)   Lady was (as far as I could tell) completely LBE... fairly mild, but definitely LBE.  I really noticed this when I tried to do circles with her.  I was aiming for 8-10 laps at the trot before I asked for the canter, but about the 5th or 6th lap, she flew into a bucking spree and got away from me. I had to go get her from the lawn again (she decided she really really really wanted to run.... lol)....

When I had caught her again I was quite a bit firmer with her than before... I made her disengage her hindquarters and insisted on her being snappy and exact.  Guess what.... she did it... upon which I asked again for circles.  Guess what... I got circles.  Beautiful cantering circles... so round and elevated.  I could not believe how perfect her neck and head looked.  She gave me about ten to fifteen circles in this way... something she never ever does...

By this time, the poor creature was dripping with sweat, so once we got back to the arena I sat with her, playing Friendly, getting the flies off and just resting... and then we went and did about 5 circles each way at the walk, in order to cool off.

Even though I had planned on mounting and doing some FreeStyle things... I ended up just getting on and riding back to the gate and putting her away.

Even though I've said it before... I have to say it again... I love my amazing horse... :)

Naturally!
-Kit Marie and Lady Hwin