We made the trek down to Matakana to have Tommy see my mare Poppy as she had been stepping short and seemed really uncomfortable - sure enough she was 'out' in two places and a few whacks with the rubber hammers soon sorted her out!
Tommy is a lovely person and it was a real pleasure to meet him plus YAY he fixed my horse.
3 days off and then I was able to ride her or would have been if the weather and work hadn't got in the way.
Her first ride ended up being a hack over Simon's farm in the company of Anne riding Samson and I must say she was feeling really GOOD! Not only was she stepping out much better but she felt like she was pinging out of her skin and when I asked for a trot we got the lovely big movement that I had originally fallen in love with. To say I was overjoyed is an understatement.
Unfortunately we had a trip down the the South Is for a family visit and then arriving home I was rung by work and asked to cover as the other womans inlaws had been involved in a serious car crash and are in hospital. *sigh* was so looking forward to getting a few good rides in.
To give me a bit of a goal to work towards we have entered the local winter dressage which is on the 28th June so will need to make sure that we get in plenty of work in the weeks leading up to it.
Bought Star home form my sisters today and reintroduced her to the herd. She seemed very pleased to see them all again but not interested in her offspring at all which is a bonus! lol Poor Sophie was a bit surprised that her mum didn't really want to know her. Star is getting a bit of a tummy now so will put her with Ellie (who is also in foal) and they can start getting the prenatal feeding.
The big boy is back up in the front paddock and was most excited to see the girls again today - not that they paid him any attention. Pops has been kept in while the rest have gone out into the trees.
Need to go and check on the young lads (Josh and Callum) tomorrow and start planning Cal's trip down to the specialist. Am thinking I will bring them both home so that I can do some more intensive work with them as its a bit of a hassle having to drive around the countryside to handle them.
Have a new edition arriving soon. A 'rescue' horse that has been neglected and is very skinny. Had better start boiling the barley again I think. ........must get myself a bigger freezer so I can freeze more in advance - so much easier. Will post more info and photos once he arrives.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
I am a useless blogger! never update my blog and when I do get in here I forget everything! Duh!
Anyway off to see the infamous Tommy tomorrow and see if he can fix my pony. I am almost hoping he says there is something wrong that he can 'fix' as otherwise its back to scratching my head again.
So much for a huge winter training program so we would be all up to speed for the new season :o(
On a brighter note, young Josh who has been baby sitting Ron's colt (Callum) is looking really good and the other day I was able to put his winter rug on and pick up all four feet with no drama's. yay progress at last. oh and he also loaded back onto the float so he obviously wasnt too traumatised by his first trip by himself *grin*
Callum is already leading, tying, had a rug on and picking up all four feet as well as making a good start on his float training. He is such a sweet wee boy. Trying to get him ready to go to the specialist sometime in June maybe and then hopefully we will know what the situation is with his eye.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
New Year - New Blog!
2009 its well and truely here!
Decided to move my blog from wordpress to this site and make a bigger effort to try and keep it up to date! ........ I did say try
Well the main big events since I last posted are:
* the arrival of my little baby boy Zach on the 15 December
* the arrival of Star's lovely little filly (Sophie) the week prior
* new addition to the stable in the form of a TB stallion called Harb and also a TB gelding called Lucky
I have also started riding again and have my first new client (since I took a break) booked in for breaking in. YAY!
Its so good to be back riding and doing the horses again - still a little 'wobbly' at the moment due to having a c-section but we are already planning our training and have looked at a couple of little fun events to enter that are coming up in the next few months.
On the horsey front, I am still waiting for Ebony's foal to be born and Harb has been put to good use and now has 3 wives (Ellie, Stella and Merry)
We are also waiting, with much excitement, the arrival of a new 'lad' - more details in future posts! :o)
On the property front, we have been busy with a loaned digger that spent a week here over the xmas break. Neil was able to sort some problem areas and break out some more rock from the quarry. I can now get my truck around the turnaround no problem! ...no more falling off the side and getting stuck in mud.
Decided to move my blog from wordpress to this site and make a bigger effort to try and keep it up to date! ........ I did say try
Well the main big events since I last posted are:
* the arrival of my little baby boy Zach on the 15 December
* the arrival of Star's lovely little filly (Sophie) the week prior
* new addition to the stable in the form of a TB stallion called Harb and also a TB gelding called Lucky
I have also started riding again and have my first new client (since I took a break) booked in for breaking in. YAY!
Its so good to be back riding and doing the horses again - still a little 'wobbly' at the moment due to having a c-section but we are already planning our training and have looked at a couple of little fun events to enter that are coming up in the next few months.
On the horsey front, I am still waiting for Ebony's foal to be born and Harb has been put to good use and now has 3 wives (Ellie, Stella and Merry)
We are also waiting, with much excitement, the arrival of a new 'lad' - more details in future posts! :o)
On the property front, we have been busy with a loaned digger that spent a week here over the xmas break. Neil was able to sort some problem areas and break out some more rock from the quarry. I can now get my truck around the turnaround no problem! ...no more falling off the side and getting stuck in mud.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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