Horses are the Cure

Still sick and hoping to get back to normal ASAP. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I let the munchkins out in the yard to eat while I laid in the grass and took a nap. Gotta monitor the buggers...and rest so I can get over my sickness so I got two things done there! Plus it was beautiful out...66 degrees..can't get much better than that! I was wearing a tanktop!!! :) Finally!

I put Cocoa away and took Dixie's out to play with. We first went to the tree stump. She got all four feet up there pretty much on her own. I was having trouble breathing with my sore throat so I just let her figure it out. My throat was so sore for this session that I didn't say anything. I've never realized how much I actually talk in general...lol and talk to the horses. It was hard not to say anything but it hurt so I couldn't.

We went out into the pasture and did some traveling circling game at the canter and then some falling leaf. She was perky and having fun! We did quite a bit of change of direction and her draw was SO good! Then we did some backing, sideways, and playing with the barrel. The only obstacle out there...and she jumped it, pawed it, sidewaysed it..everything! What I loved about tonight was due to the fact I was tired and didn't have very much energy I was very patient and slow with asking her. She thought I was being so polite and responded amazingly! Did some mirroring and cantering together. Also she got the highest EVER for rearing on cue tonight! It was pretty spectacular she even threw in a playful paw with it! hehe Then we ventured to the roundpen.

I took off the line right away. We haven't done hardly any liberty lately and not that much at all in general. I did the catching game and then we just did some stick to me. Sideways and driving game. She was so calm and attentive. I sent her and she went the right way! :) Had fun cantering around and then I asked her to come in and she spun on a dime and was right there. :) We did some playing with draw, change of direction, cantering to me. Then we played with the barrels. I pointed at them and she went and jumped them and then I stood on one side and she on the other and jumped it while coming to me. I hardly had to ask. Then I set them back up and she did Figure 8 pattern at liberty. She is usually pretty sassy and takes offense when we do this online but she did it perfect at liberty. Then later I sent her to sniff the barrel and then put a little more pressure on her (a way diff. angle I was at) and she offered to do the pattern again and even trotted it a little ways. Yay! I set the barrels up and she lined herself up for me to get on. I didn't but still just gave her a good scratching. We also did some serpentine's towards me too at liberty! Dixie definitely impressed me tonight! I wish I had been feeling better so we could have done more..but she sure made my day!



My 17th birthday is in 2 days!!!


Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie