We played games in the front arena: session four, as I’ve not been able to carve out enough time all week for a real session. He was more scared out there this time than he was last time; motorcycles especially set him off. We mostly did games with obstacles, rather than patterns, and I randomly [...]
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This week has been heavy on the work and light on the horse, but I went out in my pajamas this morning and threw an apple over the fence into the bucket Rocky had just licked clean of beet pulp and probiotics and hoof supplement. I threw it hard so it would make a loud [...]
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In which I figure out something about Rocky’s play drive while typing the last graf.
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In which I admit to having my priorities out of whack.
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In which we discover that we’re not the Post Office or the Pony Express.
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D & J have never been around horses until they met me, and J, despite having a uterus, was not horse-crazy as a little girl. We have spent a lot of time together in the past year, however, and a few weeks ago we were on a long drive, chatting and watching the scenery. And [...]
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Two photos of Rocky.
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In which Regina learns something about when to lead and when to follow, and addressing the horse that shows up.
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After a year of typing my daily-ish “Rocky Report” in various IM, email, and txt windows to various recipients, I’ve decided to start a blog to chronicle my horsemanship journey. Now I’ll just have to send URLs to y’all. Heh. This also makes it easier to share photos and videos. I am starting this as [...]
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Dick Francis Novels
I re-read the entire collection of Dick Francis novels at least once a year.
