Sunday, June
29th
What
a busy weekend. I have been riding Ricky Bobby all
week in and out of the round pen. He is doing good.
Buddy is still nursing his hoof owee. Ricky Bobby
let me ride him bareback today that was fun. A little
exciting at first but he calmed down fairly fast.
I think I will start riding Buddy again this week.
I hope his foot gets better fast.
Tuesday,
July 8th
Ricky
Bobby, what a cartoon he is. We have been riding
and goofing around all for the past week. I'm not
sure if a horse can get any funnier than him. He
likes to wear hats, so I might rig something up
for him to wear. He naturally sidepasses and pivots
on his hind quarters. So fine tuning there is all
we need. He also accepts flyspray and is loading
in and out of the trailer.
Sunday, July
13th
It
has been a very productive week for me and Ricky
Bobby. We had a picture day on Friday so we both
got dressed up. I have been riding him everyday
and we are practicing the obsticles that we think
might be at the competition. I also taught him how
to bow. He seems to really enjoy all the attention.
Yesterday I introduced him to the world. We walked
down a couple of the less busy streets near my place.
He was like a kid at a toy store. He wanted to check
everything out and never once shied from anything.
Maybe by this weekend I can take him out for a nice
long relaxing trail ride.
Wednesday,
July 16th
This
week after me and Ricky Bobby finished our morning
rides we played a little. He was interested in the
lawn tractor so I fired it up and drove away. And
he ponied great. We also played on a ditch bank.
Definitely not a fancy obstacle but a very good
and practical one. The farrier cam out this week
and trimmed up Buddy. He also said that even though
Ricky Bobby has clubby hoofs that we should leave
them alone. His feet are sound and he self maintains
them well.
Wednesday, July
23
Ok so I don't have any new pictures for you,
but it has been a great week so far. Me and Ricky
Bobby have been on a few trail rides (around town)
His first ride was with a couple other horses that
were great babysitters for him. Then The next ride
was Ricky Bobby and me. We rode down a few blocks
from my house and set up next to a busy street.
He didn't seem to even care that cars were speeding
by. Now on to the arena work. We are loping all
over the arena and working on circles and figure
8's. He is sidepassing both directions pretty good
and moves his front end over the rear. It is still
step by step but he is learning fast. I have trailered
him several times now to new places and he doesn't
hesitate to load. Along with perfecting all the
other maneuvers we are starting to work on a sliding
stop. This horse is going to make someone very happy.
He has the potential to make a good kids horse (Really).
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