Monthly Archives: September 2009

Trying some new things with Rocky and some old things with Salsa

Today’s post is uuuuuge, so I’m putting a jump link in. Rocky’s update comes first, then Salsa’s. If you don’t have time or interest in reading 1500+ words but do want to know the overview, it comes down to:

“Every time I stray from the Patterns, we regress, so I need to stop having futz days in between and always do one or two Patterns on the ground and in the saddle, period, end of confession.” (It doesn’t mean we will only do Patterns, only that the Patterns will be our foundation on which we’ll build the rest.)

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Was I wearing Winnie’s Cookies perfume tonight?

I filled in for the evening stables shift tonight and every horse but Salsa,  Dave, Bautisto, and Centella tried to bite me.

Granted, Rocky’s biting is related to his sudden relapse into cinchiness, which I will deal with per the Parelli program. But everyone else SUDDENLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL became the Mordor-bred mounts of the Nazgûl. OMG and there are nine of them: Paco, Sabrina, Sam, Riley, Parker, Rocky, Nakota, Rociada, and Star.

Off to soak in an epsom salt bath….

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