Thought he was taller than my car....

OK, so he's taller than a MB SUV :-) that's why the last thing I want to do is fall off :-)

Trimmed his hooves!

I gave it a try again and tried not to be so conservative

Daniel withdrawal

First time there in a week, because of classes :-( gotta trim his hooves tomorrow!!!

Rain?

Went to try to trim Daniel's hooves and it looks like rain!!! :-) Glad I didn't plan on riding in the outdoor.

Met a new "resident" on my way out the driveway tonight... laying in the grass along the side, a *tiny* little fawn. I was surprised that it appeared to be all alone... I hope mama deer didn't meet a car somewhere....

Blackberry survived the fall

I knew what I meant when I sent this FROM my Blackberry... the thing survived a fall from my horse! No, I didn't fall, but my Blackberry slid out of it's case and hit the ground. Luckily, Daniel didn't step on it, and it was still working when I dismounted, realized it wasn't in the case, and went back to the arena and found it!!

The gatekeeper

They told me that he stands by the door and monitors traffic... My hall monitor, I guess...

Learning to trim!!!

No pics today, but Dawn came out to trim Daniel's hooves and gave me the first (of MANY, I'm sure) lesson in hoof trimming!

Dawn did most of the work, then had me do a little bit for the practice. I'm going to try to re-do his mustang roll once or twice a week. Dawn said that since Daniel's got so much "real estate" (as Leeandra would say) maybe doing the fronts one day and the rears another might be easier than trying to trim all 4 hooves on one day, once a week.

So, now I have my own file, and there are plenty of hoof stands around the barn, so I hope Dawn doesn't have a lot of work to do when she comes back in 4 weeks!!!!

And the silly dog

Thinks dirty saddle pads that I bring home to wash are really cool dog beds....

Indoor work

met Kara early today, hoping to ride in the indoor before lessons started. Between grooming, tacking up and mucking out the indoor (which is used as a run-in for the geldings) it was an hour before we could start riding.

I had two revelations today... 1, I should invest in a dressage whip. I borrowed Kara's because Daniel was pissing me off, swinging out everytime someone went to mount up. I kept the dressage whip against his right hip, and he didn't move AT ALL... not at all!!!

Revelation 2, I need to have a game plan when I go into the arena to work him. I mounted up, with no plan and Daniel know it. My friend Rhoda stopped to say hi, and he wanted to visit with her. We walked on, and trotted, and he went back and visited again. Ted reminded me that I was LETTING HIM get away with this crap... Once I focused on what I was doing, we both did a little better.

We just walked and trotted... then, "the doctor" as Jill calls him, borrowed him for a lesson. Actually, Rick, the doctor's name, was arriving as I was finishing up and said he had to find a horse to ride for his lesson. I told him that I only walked with him, and he was welcome to borrow Daniel for his lesson. It was good, it gave me some time to clean tack! After the lesson, Rick was kind enough to hose him down, then I put a little citronella oil on him, and put his flysheet and flymask on him.

He was such a good boy today!

Checked out the round pen

And surrounding area! Kara worked Tessa in the round pen and we poked around the adjacent pasture. Kara got to ride Daniel today too!