tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90448316049142860082024-03-19T07:43:03.832-05:00Equestrian JourneyAchieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-57181295204033548232019-11-17T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-17T06:00:04.205-06:00Chrome in Action!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to practice taking action shots with my DSLR camera... I've never taken action shots with a manual focus. It is SO hard!! I'm not fast enough, but even though some of these were fails, I still love how a lot of them turned out. Chrome is SO gorgeous and such a good model. He was feeling his oats today!! I hope you enjoy them and if you have any tips for my next try please share them. I'm still using the automatic setting which is why some of white balance is off, but I really wanted to just practice with the focus without complicating things.<br />
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Focus fail, but he's so cute!</div>
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He looked like a racehorse. I don't think I ever realized how fast he is!</div>
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An improvement. I love how he's backlit.</div>
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Focus was off on this one because he came closer and I wasn't fast enough.</div>
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These were awful, but I like his silhouette so I made an artsy collage.</div>
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I wish there was a way to edit this one so it looks better, but this is the best I could do. I couldn't leave it out though because his trot is amazing! All four feet are off the ground. Look at the reach behind. He isn't reaching in the front because he was transitioning to canter, but I still love it.<br />
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Another one that looked better in black and white. This one looks magical. Click to enlarge.</div>
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I swear if he wasn't DNA tested half Friesian I would think he's pure Arabian at times.</div>
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He was really digging in and launching himself.</div>
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At liberty half pass?? Pasture dressage? Hehe!</div>
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Again.... didn't realize how fast he was. He was flying!</div>
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Did this one in black and white for fun. Compare to above in color.</div>
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I think this one is my favorite. He is so pretty!</div>
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That's all for now. I wish more of them had turned out. I just need more practice. :) Let me know which one is your favorite and please share any tips for taking action shots with a manual focus. Thanks in advance!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-60677326549439274482019-11-16T09:59:00.002-06:002019-11-16T10:20:21.023-06:00New Blog Design (and news about Rocky)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I changed the blog design. It hadn't changed since 2015 and it needed it. I know it may be bland for some people's taste, but I'm in a simplistic, minimalist frame of mind right now, so it is what it is. Please let me know what you think!<br />
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Also I've been meaning to mention this, but Rocky went back to my best friend (his prior owner) during the spring of this year. I was having trouble managing two horses and she was back on her feet, so it was the best decision. I miss him desperately, but he is happy and Chrome is happy. I didn't really mention it on the blog, but Rocky was bullying Chrome, leaving him with almost daily cuts and keeping him away from the hay which caused him to lose weight. If I had a bigger property I would have separated them, but it just wasn't feasible. He's over an hour away, but I still get to ride him when I visit her. I'm grateful for that.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-41047560534881921682019-11-09T13:36:00.001-06:002019-11-09T13:36:38.382-06:00I rode a mule at the Grand Canyon!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyone who follows me on Instagram already knows this, but I finally made a dream come true! I rode a mule named John John at the Grand Canyon! I wanted to ride to the bottom of the canyon, but there was no way I could afford it. So expensive!! So I just did the three hour ride along the rim of the canyon. The views were incredible and the experience was amazing!<br />
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The time in the saddle was probably only an hour and a half, so not bad for beginners if you know anyone who wants to try it that doesn't ride normally. The rest of the time was spent on the bus going to the stable, listening to the safety spiel and waiting on everyone to get mounted up. While waiting I noticed this adorable mule....<br />
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He or she actually reminds me of a horse named Molasses that I rode on a guided tour when I was a kid with my family on vacation in 1996. So cute!!<br />
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First thing I have to mention is people told me it would be cold there. I thought that meant I would just need a jacket and it would be no big deal. I was wrong!!!!! It was in the fifties but because of the wind it was FREEZING!!!! I thought I was going to die and actually considered not doing the ride. I'm glad I did though because once we got in the forest the wind died down a bit.<br />
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When they lined us all up and started picking out mules they asked if I'd ever ridden before.... I told them I'd been riding for thirty years and they immediately said, "You get John John!" I was a bit apprehensive when they said that, but they explained he just has a mind of his own and needs more steering than the other mules. I was totally fine with that. He actually behaved better than some of the other mules and one girl who had never ridden asked me why that was. I told her the truth... it's because I know how to ride and I expect him to behave, so he did.<br />
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Here is the picture I posted on Instagram. It's not the most flattering picture (I took my glove off to take my phone out of my pocket and forgot to put it back on.... we were also required to wear hats...), but I still love it. All of the mules wear muzzles to stop them from trying to eat on the trail so the forestry people would stop complaining about damage to the foliage. It also helps with steering for beginner riders.<br />
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We rode across a highway and then through some trees. While in the trees I spotted an elk cow!!! This is the first elk I've ever seen in person even though I've been through areas that supposedly have them. She was gorgeous. My picture isn't very good because we weren't allowed to stop for photo ops and I was under the impression we couldn't use our cell phones, so I was using the DSLR. I was a bit irritated when I found out later we can use our cell phones as long as they are on cables around our necks... and they sold them in the gift shop. Oh well!<br />
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I tried to get a shot of the view between John John's ears, but with the 50mm lens on the camera I couldn't get the angle right. Again, wish I'd known about the cell phones. The views were incredible!!! We were literally less than six feet from the edge of the cliff at times.<br />
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I finally got his ears up when some hikers came up beside us.</div>
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I also saw two mule deer bucks (first time seeing mule deer too) and one was an 8 point! He was huge!<br />
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I didn't even realize until we got back and dismounted that John John had paint markings because I never saw him from the rear. He's the one on the left obviously. So cute. He was such a sweetheart. They said when they retire the mules people can adopt them..... I SO wish I could adopt him when he retires.<br />
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This trip to the Grand Canyon was part of an epic road trip my husband and I went on about a month ago. I've been too busy to go through pictures until now and it's going to take me AGES because I took over 1000 photos. I'll be posting more pictures of the views at the Grand Canyon on my other blog (<a href="http://myfarmerlife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">LINK</a>) when I have time. They are incredible, so try to check in when you can. That's all for now!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-24919873872649138862019-11-08T12:52:00.000-06:002019-11-09T12:54:22.939-06:00Budweiser Clydesdales!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I completed forgot to post these pictures from when I saw the Budweiser Clydesdales in person! I have a bunch more photos, but I can't find them. I seriously need to organize my photos. I'll post them someday when I find them. Sorry for the quick post. Too much to do and too little time!<br />
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I am blown away by the difference in Chrome's hooves in just seven weeks! With only five weeks of rehab (started on September 1st). Wow! This is just shy of eight weeks since his founder scare on August 12th. I apologize that the picture on the left is slightly off center and that the flash went off in the picture on the right (his collateral grooves are a lot deeper than they appear so he has great sole depth). You can still see the huge difference in his hooves, especially his frog and the contraction of his heels!<br />
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In case you missed my earlier post a quick recap is that on 8/12 the vet diagnosed and treated Chrome for founder. On 8/16 he blew a <i>huge</i> (an inch wide) abscess and walked off sound. On 8/17 I contacted a master trimmer that has been advising me over the phone and email how to trim Chrome's hooves and treat his seedy toe (he lives in a different state). On 9/1 I trimmed him for the first time on the advice of the trimmer (there was a delay because I sprained an ankle which hurt my back), so I consider that the start of his rehab.<br />
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His rehab has consisted of the following:<br />
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<li>Removed him from the largest portion of the grass (he still has some because I don't have a dry lot).</li>
<li>Fenced off the pond so he can no longer get into it (pretty sure the constant wet/dry and mud caused his hoof infections).</li>
<li>Soaked with Oxine (off brand of White Lightning) approximately 1-2 times a week for seedy toe and thrush.</li>
<li>Trimmed a little at a time based on the instruction of the trimmer. Trimming a little at a time let's him get used to the new angles and keeps me from getting overwhelmed as I learn. Also if I do something wrong by mistake it prevents it from being catastrophic (I haven't so far, but it's always a possibility). The trim is what got him landing heel first after years of landing toe first, which allowed his frog to be stimulated which strengthens the rear supporting structures of his hooves.</li>
<li>Exercise. Once he was landing heel first I started hand walking him daily. I started at ten minutes a day because of his weak stifles and we slowly worked up to 40 minutes of walking a day with a couple of trots in hand on soft ground. We walk two to three times a week on the asphalt roads to stimulate hoof growth and help self trim between my trims. The rest of the time we walk on grass or dirt. I try to walk him on as varied terrain as a I can find in my limited selection (slight slopes, tiny loose gravel, over limbs, etc.) to strengthen his hooves and teach him better proprioception. </li>
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I am SO excited with his progress! I'm glad I decided to pull up his old pictures to compare them because I was actually thinking just today that he wasn't making much progress. It's crazy how blind you are to change when you see something every day. I know his hooves are far from perfect, but he is already growing down a new hoof capsule. In four to six months he will have a brand new hoof that will be less elongated and better attached with no white line stretching. It's a very exciting process to witness. <br />
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If you're interested in learning more about healthy hooves and barefoot rehab (I know he's never had shoes, but even barefoot horses can get contracted heels and toe first landings if they have infections or long heels that prevent frog stimulation) be sure to check out the Rockley Farm blog (<a href="http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/">http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/</a>). I've learned so much from her and it's been an amazing resource to have during all of this. I've never actually contacted her, but I've heard she is super helpful by email if you don't live near enough to send your horse there (they live in Exmoor so I'm definitely not close enough). <br />
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Going forward I'm going to continue his exercise, but I'm also going to look more closely at his diet. I already have him on a ration balancer with low sugar, but due to our mineral content in our grass and hay it may not be as good for him as I thought (we have way too much iron and it has iron in it). I'm still studying and working out a new ration for him, but I'll update you on it when I can. I have to send off samples of the new hay crop. I am getting a lot of my nutrition information from Rockley Farm (LOVE her book Feet First/highly recommend it/her blog linked above) and also from Pete Ramey (<a href="http://www.hoofrehab.com/">http://www.hoofrehab.com/</a>) which is where my master trimmer trained.<br />
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Let me know what you think of Chrome's progress so far and if you have any good resources for equine diets and mineral balance. Thanks guys!!<br />
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P.S. The only thing I'm upset about is that I let Chrome get as bad as he did because of pure ignorance and fear of taking things into my own hands instead of depending on other people. I'm not going to beat myself up though. He has already made huge progress and at this rate it shouldn't be long before most of the damage is healed. Horses are incredible creatures and more resilient than we give them credit for (except of course they love trying to kill themselves to give us heart attacks.......) most of the time. I'm forever grateful to the people who helped me through the most terrifying thing I've experienced with Chrome (the founder scare) in the ten years we've been together. I'm going to stay positive and look forward instead of dwelling on the past and the "couldn't, should've, would've" mentality I sometimes get trapped in. Chrome for sure isn't blaming me and is back to his happy, silly self and that I am also grateful for. Go hug your horses people!!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-76235739227661930602019-09-30T06:00:00.000-05:002019-09-30T06:00:10.479-05:00Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm going to keep trying to post updates on the blog about Chrome and his rehab, but they still may be sporadic because of my schedule. I have really been enjoying posting to Instagram and I'm planning to post to it regularly so you might want to follow me over there @chromechevalier to see more regular updates.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-10544685253458584602019-09-29T15:22:00.001-05:002019-09-29T15:22:28.049-05:00Chrome's first time in Vienna reins!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before we get started I have two things to address. One, please don't laugh at my baling twine Vienna reins. I'm going to order real ones, but I'm on a tight budget right now because of the emergency vet bills. I also wanted to see how he would do with them before I spent the money on a set. Second, sorry for the quality of the photos. They are screenshots from video. I don't have time to process and upload the video right now so I just grabbed some screenshots for you.</div>
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Okay, next I'm going to update all of you on what we've been doing since the founder scare. I'm still working with the master trimmer to get his feet healthy and he is finally landing heel first!!! I'm so excited because that is something that has bothered me most of his life. I was beginning to think it was a conformation issue that caused him to land toe first. Oh how I wish I had known all of this years ago. I could have saved him so much discomfort and wear and tear on his body.</div>
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The main two things I've done to get him landing heel first (diet is always first and foremost, but I've always been careful with his diet aside from grass which he is restricted from now) is backing up his toes to improve his break over and soaking them weekly in Oxine (off brand of White Lightning). He obviously won't always have to be soaked that frequently, but until I get the seedy toe grown out and his white line tight I will keep doing it. It can take a year to grow a new hoof capsule so this is a slow journey!! I'm in it for the long haul, so I don't mind. I'm just so happy I finally know what I need to know to get him rehabbed. </div>
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For the last two weeks I've been hand walking him everyday. I'm walking him two days a week on the asphalt roads and the rest of the days in the pasture. I'm not longeing him because of his stifles. I'm hand walking him, but I'm making sure he's walking out and not dragging along like a lazy slug. His walk has improved SO much in the last two weeks!! He used to chronically short stride in his front legs and now he's reaching forward freely (because of the corrected break over). I slowly worked him up to twenty minutes a day of hand walking up and down a slight incline in the pasture.</div>
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Over the years of being a pasture ornament and having an incorrect break over on his hooves he has lost all of his top line and is even getting a ewe neck! Ugh!! So in an effort to start very slowly correcting that (yes I know it can take two years) I decided to try him in Vienna reins. Today I longed him in them for five minutes on each side, just so he could learn how they work, but from now on I'll just be hand walking him in them. When I'm hand walking him I'm sort of facing him with my upper body as if I were longeing, but we're going in straight lines to protect his stifles. I'll try to get video or pictures some time to show you what I mean.</div>
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I put them on really loose at first, but he wasn't making any contact with them and was walking with his ears in the clouds, so I tightened them up a bit. It took him some time to figure out how to relieve the pressure, but eventually he started stretching down. He was lacking impulsion because he was distracted by this new, weird thing, but it will improve once he relaxes. He was just confused at first. He really started stretching down in the end and his stride lengthened and got more relaxed. I know we have a long way to go, but I'm pleased with how his first session went.<br />
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Chrome thought it was hard work and even sweated under the surcingle even though it was only 88F today. It felt amazing outside! Definitely a nice pretty day to try something new.<br />
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Once he has more impulsion from behind he will start to round his back better, but he's very weak right now so I'm not pushing him too hard. It is a long, slow process to build the correct muscles, especially with weak stifles. I'm also doing other in hand exercises like massage, backing up with his neck down and relaxed, pelvic tilts, lateral flexion and tail pulls. Just stuff to slowly loosen him up and strengthen his body.<br />
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In the above picture you can see how his reach in the front is improving. No more short stepping!<br />
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The reason the angle is weird is because my hubby was taking the video while standing behind my whip hand, so he's not at the girth line where I was. Makes for some awkward photos, but you can see how well Chrome's figuring it out.<br />
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Reaching under with his hind legs better too. The reach and impulsion will get better as his stifles and back get stronger.<br />
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He had one minor freak out where he started going backward and fighting the reins, but I told him to whoa and he did. I calmed him and we went right back to work. I didn't get as many photos going the other direction because hubby forgot to start filming. He only filmed about two minutes going to the right. The weird thing is Chrome's stiffer on the right side, but I think he actually did better. Maybe because he was just finally figuring out what I wanted. His shoulder was falling in on this side and his head wanted to turn to the outside, but with the longe line and whip I was able to push his shoulder out. That may be why he improved because it was like applying the inside leg, outside rein. We are SO out of practice with longeing since I generally try to avoid it because of his stifles, that I'm actually really happy with how well we both picked it back up.<br />
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I know some horses reach all the way to their girth, but I'll celebrate the baby steps!</div>
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Even when his head came up (above pictures) you could see he was giving to the pressure instead of fighting it. I don't want him learning to go behind the vertical though, which is why I will loosen them up now that he knows what I'm asking.<br />
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Such a good boy! I ended the longeing session on a nice downward stretch. We finished his last ten minutes of hand walking moving around the pasture in straight lines. Hubby didn't get any video of that (he was busy building something and I interrupted him, so he was impatient to get back to it). He did really well and was relaxing a lot more with our familiar routine of hand walking (longeing is not familiar for us!). I didn't take him up and down the incline we normally work on because he needs to build strength on flat ground before I ask him to do that with his head down. Pushing uphill with his rear end is what will strengthen his stifles, but I have to be very careful not to overdo it.<br />
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I'm really proud of how well Chrome has done during the last month or so of rehab we've been doing. I'm so excited that he's landing heel first and we're able to work in hand again. His feet will improve the more miles I can put on him, but I have to take it slow because of his stifles. As they get stronger we will be able to do more. For now everything is in walk only. I've asked him to trot a few times just to see that he's sound, but I don't want to stress his stifles with too many circles and I can't keep up with him on straight lines at the trot. We might have to start ground driving again... eventually.<br />
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I'm not looking forward to the cold, rain and mud of winter, but I'm going to keep working him every day that it's not raining when I get off work and I'll update you guys on the weekends when I have daylight to get pictures. I hope you all are doing well and I want to thank Chrome's loyal fans who have stuck around during our long absence. Fortunately the over time at work has been cut back drastically which I'm very thankful for so that I can rehab Chrome and give him the exercise he needs and deserves. I'll update again soon!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-3636467563429857562019-09-23T06:00:00.000-05:002019-09-23T06:00:00.467-05:00Sad News...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have sad news that I learned about last week. Lady, the pony I grew up with, died last year at the age of twenty eight. She was the first horse I fell in love with and the horse who taught me how to ride (and fall). I had her from when I was nine until I was twenty one. When I moved to a property without a pasture I decided to give her to a friend (I was too big for her anyway and her job in life had always been to make little girls happy). He kept her until she died last year in a freak accident that caused a broken leg. It happened out in the pasture so no one knows for sure how it happened. The sad thing is she was in great health and was still happily being ridden by kids fairly regularly. It wasn't her time to go. The bright side is she had a long and happy life. That's the important thing.<br />
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Below are pictures from her time with me.<br />
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I hand stitched the bells on her breastcollar. We thought we were fancy! </div>
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Below are pictures from the last time I visited her when she was twenty one years old. I regret not visiting her more frequently...<br />
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My gorgeous Chrome, photo taken 9/21/19.</div>
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August 12 2019 was one of the scariest days of my entire life. I walked out to the pasture after work to feed Chrome and he was dead lame. I had never in my life seen him in so much pain. He wouldn't walk at all unless I was pulling on the lead rope with all of my weight. I only had him walk a couple of steps to get a video to send to the vet. I have uploaded it so you can see it. It still makes me sick to my stomach to see it.<br />
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If you can't watch a video here is a screenshot of how he was standing when I found him. I immediately knew something was wrong from his stance, his expression, the fact that he wouldn't follow me with a feed bucket and the bloody spots where the horseflies had bitten him and he didn't try to remove them.<br />
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To be honest when I saw him walk I thought his shoulder was broken (I realize now how dumb that was, but at the time....) because of the way he was swinging his leg out. I sent the video to my emergency vet and he immediately said founder. I thought I was going to die of shock and terror on the spot. The vet said he could come out and treat him or we could give him pain meds and wait a day or two, but I asked him to come out (even though I had to max out my emergency credit card) because I was terrified that his coffin bones would rotate if I waited to treat him. Please keep in mind through all of this that I had never had any experience with founder other than what I've read. Reading can't prepare you for the hell of it in reality.<br />
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The vet came out and treated him. I honestly can't recall what all he did except for taking x-rays (which showed no rotation) and running an IV. He had to nerve block Chrome's left front hoof just to get him to stand on it long enough to wrap the other foot. Three grown men were trying to prop him up and pick up his other hoof and he almost fell several times, which is why he decided to do the nerve block. They wrapped both front feet with some gel and heavy cotton padding. He also put him on various medications (thyroid meds and pain meds).<br />
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His wrapped feet the next day. You can see he doesn't have as much weight on his left front.</div>
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When the vet left and I was sitting there with Chrome hooked up to his IV I was in tears. I remember thinking, "I bought a horse trailer and I'm never going to get to take him anywhere on it." I honestly thought I was going to have to put him to sleep. It was one of the worst days of my life, maybe THE worst.<br />
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Running his IV medication the next day.</div>
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We gave him IV medication and fluids for two days before switching to paste and powdered medication. We kept him in a stall (well it was corral panels under his barn since I don't have a stall). This all happened on a Monday evening. On Friday evening the vet had me take his wraps off. To my amazement he walked off sound........<br />
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As I was taking off the wrap (excuse how nasty it was, we put down a TON of hay for him to stand on so it was soft) I immediately spotted the problem.... an abscess. See the lighter gray part? The hole in his hoof is a whole inch wide!! I've never seen an abscess that big! I know that horses will sometimes act like they are dying with an abscess, but I honestly never believed it would make a horse walk like Chrome was in that video. He had me convinced he was dying! In hindsight I realize that part of the problem was his locking stifles which makes him look like he's moving weirder than a normal abscessed horse would.<br />
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A picture of the abscess after I cleaned his hoof up.</div>
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I'm still not 100% sure that he didn't have mild laminitis, but there was no rotation, no heat, no pounding digital pulse, so maybe not. It's hard not to be bitter about the misdiagnoses since it wiped out my emergency credit card, but I'm trying not to be because I learned a LOT during all of this. I would rather be safe than sorry and perhaps prompt treatment prevented things from being worst than they could have been. It also prompted me to make a change in his hoof care, which I'll go into more below.<br />
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Five days after the above video he was pain free and happily helping us build temporary electric fences. We blocked him off most of the grass (because we thought it a grass induced founder) and off of the pond (because him being in the pond all the time was causing hoof infections).<br />
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Before I found out it was an abscess I had reached out to professional barefoot trimmers trying to find someone close to me that is experienced in rehabbing foundered horses. I was unable to find anyone who would come to my area, but I found a master trimmer who trained the Pete Ramey method and he is helping me learn to trim Chrome myself over the phone and email. He has been absolutely amazing!<br />
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We are taking it slow and doing it in stages because he doesn't want to confuse or overwhelm me. It is obviously working because he is back to trotting in his pasture and he's landing heel first on three out of four hooves. The trimmer said the abscess was cause by seedy toe (an infection in the hoof wall which is why we fenced off the pond; some of you may remember he had white line a year ago from being in the pond too). I had never experienced seedy toe, so I didn't realize that's what was going on. I thought his hoof had just cracked from his walls being too long. Seedy toe can also cause laminitis, so that's why I'm taking this all very seriously. I feel really bad that his feet got in this condition. I thought his hooves were fine because he was never lame, but you live and learn right? Below are pictures of his hooves.<br />
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8-17-19 - These were taken the day I sent photos to the trimmer. He was about five weeks out from a trim and I forgot my hoof pick so they are dirty. My bad! I just want you to have a baseline from where I started.<br />
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Left Front (the one with seedy toe and the abscess).</div>
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Right Front (note the very stretched white line?)</div>
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Right Hind (the other one with seedy toe)</div>
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Left Hind</div>
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9-3-2019 - It took me a while to do his first trim because I sprained my ankle, which caused back pain from compensation. Once I was able to bend over again I trimmed him and sent pictures to the trimmer for an update.<br />
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Left Front Below</div>
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Before Trim (see the hole where the seedy toe is?)</div>
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Before Trim (horrible seedy toe...)</div>
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I forgot to mention during all of this time I've been soaking him in Oxine (off brand of white lightning), medicating the seedy toe and using durasole.<br />
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Below is his most recent trim which has him landing heel first in three out of four hooves. The right front is being stubborn (trimmer said I need to back his toe up more to correct his breakover), but it does land heel first sometimes and flat the rest of the time, so we are well on our way. Before all of this he was landing extremely toe first.<br />
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9-19-19 - I only did his fronts this day because my back was sore. I will do his rear hooves again soon. I also have to make some corrections on his fronts per my trimmer. I forgot to get before pictures.<br />
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Right Front (see the event lines? Makes me think he's had laminitis issues before)</div>
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He also had some coronet jamming that is looking much better and he's standing more square. As soon as I can get him landing consistently heel first on all four feet I will be able to put him back into work (I've been hand walking him during all of this because the stall rest had his stifles locking again and exercise is <i>very</i> important for correcting hoof issues).<br />
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I'm feeling very optimistic at this point. I went from thinking my horse was going to die to feeling very empowered taking his hoof care into my own hands. I'm so happy that he is landing heel first because long time followers of this blog will know how much it's bothered me that he has chronically landed toe first most of his life. I have learned so much and I'm happy that I get to keep learning. I love this horse so much and I can't even imagine him not being in my life or not being happy or healthy. I'm ecstatic to have my happy boy back. Below are some pictures I took on Saturday.<br />
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My handsome boy enjoying the small amount of grass I will allow him.</div>
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Look at how flea-bitten he is getting!!!! Just like his dam!</div>
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He is so happy again, ears forward, stride long, forward, eager. Love him!</div>
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His stride in the front has gotten so much longer as I've slowly improved his breakover.</div>
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One last artistic shot of the turkey vulture feather my husband found and propped up.</div>
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Also I just want to say thank you to those of you who have stuck around during my absence. I feel bad for not updating my blog and I'm going to start doing better because it's important that I can track the progress of his feet. For those of you who are not hoof nerds I'm sorry if this is boring! It's just a really good way for me to see our progress. Thanks guys!!</div>
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Ugh this picture is awful. It was so bright outside and all we had was a cell phone, but hey we're on our new trailer!<br />
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My husband and I have been looking for a new horse trailer for a long time because the one we have is too small for Chrome and has a few other features I just don't like (<i>heavy</i> ramp!). My dad finally found one for us that a friend of his was selling and he gave us a good deal on it (it's nice to have such a well liked dad!). It's definitely a fixer-upper, but that's fine because our truck broke down and hubby is having to replace the engine in it. We also will have to get a gooseneck attachment. For now it will just sit in the pasture so we can practice loading.<br />
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The previous owners used it for horses for a long time, but then they got rid of their horses and used it for cattle. When they got a new trailer this one sat for a while (that's why it is rusted) before they finally decided to sell it. It needs cleaned, sanded and repainted. It has really good mats in it, but they need cleaned as well. I want to pull them out and check the floor really well again even though it has already been checked (I'm really paranoid about floors). A window needs replaced, but the tires are in really good condition, the lights and gooseneck work perfectly and the frame is still in great condition. Most of it's problems are just cosmetic (everything rusts here in our humid climate....sigh).<br />
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The first thing I did after crawling all around in it was tie Chrome to it and brush him off. Please forgive his filthy appearance. He's been playing in the pond lately and the neem oil I use for his sweet itch makes everything stick to him. He was curious about it and gave it the stink eye a couple of times, but you can see how relaxed he was. I was so excited to see if he would load I forgot to get a picture of the tack room for you, but it has a tack room with bridle hooks and six saddle racks. The gooseneck can be used for a mattress for camping or for hay storage. There is an escape door in the front stall on the side and the back gate has a smaller gate for access to the rear stall. The divider is missing, but I can get a new one. I'll get better pictures when I can.<br />
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After brushing I had him pose in front of it.</div>
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It looks so huge to me!! I've never had anything other than the two horse straight load bumper pull that I don't like and I've had for over fifteen years lol. I've also never had a gooseneck before, but I'm excited about it. You can see the tack room door and the front stall escape door here.<br />
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Chrome was relaxed (see his cocked hind leg?) while sniffing the thick rubber mats.</div>
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I'm going to feed him on it every day, so I put his bucket in the trailer. He walked right on and started eating with no hesitation. I was armed with sugar cubes and my clicker and didn't even need it!! This is the first time in his entire life he's ever been on a step up trailer too. I think he much prefers it over the ramp on our other trailer.<br />
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I made him leave his food to unload and reload several times, then I tried self loading him for the first time. See the video below.<br />
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I was SO proud of him!! He walked right on with no hesitation. I think he likes this trailer so much better. The other one is too dark and closed in. I love that the inside of this one is white. It will help reflect heat as well. The windows will let lots of air flow in too. He will just have to wear his fly mask to protect his eyes. Stock type horse trailers are very popular where I live because it gets extremely hot here. If I could afford a closed in Sundowner with air conditioning I would totally do that, but this will work just fine for our short trips.<br />
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I'll keep you up to date on repairs and repainting and I'll definitely let you know when I haul him for the first time on it! It might be a while though because we are still working on the truck. I have to go now. I miss you guys!!<br />
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Today is Chrome's tenth birthday!! I just can't believe he's ten already. How has the time flown by so quickly?? We were lucky to have a pretty day to get photos. It's been raining constantly all spring, so it was a surprise. I started out by giving him a bath.</div>
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He was nasty! I forgot to get blue shampoo, so I couldn't get all the stains out, but it was much better than before. <br />
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"Save me!" his eyes are saying.</div>
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After the bath we took a ton of pictures, then we had our ride. I'm going to cover the ride first and put the rest of the photos at the bottom because there are a TON and they might not all load for anyone who has slow internet. The ride was thirty minutes and was just on the property and the road in front of our property. We did quite a bit of cantering. He was being lazy so I got a crop and he tried bucking once, but it wasn't bad. I used it very lightly after that and he did really well so I praised him and then stopped and did some desensitizing. It all went well, considering how little work we've been doing.<br />
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No clue why the angle is so low, but Chrome's expression is cute!! </div>
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His tail looks SO much better.</div>
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He was being so lazy.</div>
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The weather was perfect. Look at the blue sky and green grass!</div>
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Okay next up are my favorite pictures, then below that is the rest of us posing together, so you can skip them if they don't load or are boring. I just wanted them to remember the day by.<br />
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I about died laughing when he did this!!!! Bored much Chrome??</div>
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Yep, he's a pro at posing, but eventually he gets bored.</div>
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He still has a decent neck when he gets his head out of the clouds.</div>
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Almost white tail and dapples!</div>
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Still his favorite trick. Love his smile!!</div>
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Doesn't he look sexy when he's not obese?? I just need to get muscle on him.</div>
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I was able to do something I've wanted to do my whole life! I rode in a parade! It wasn't a huge one. There were probably around twenty horses and it only covered three or four blocks, but it was still so amazing. Rocky was an absolute rock star (no surprise, he's done this before). I had SO much fun! We got to throw candy to all of the kids and I think we even made it on the news, but I didn't see it because it was in a different town from the one I live in. I wish I could have ridden Chrome, but I think he's just too inexperienced with other horses to do something like that. I will someday though. I wasn't able to get many pictures because I was throwing candy and waving, but that's okay because I was able to be in the moment and enjoy myself.<br />
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This photo was taken on my cell phone from Rocky's back. That's how close the fire trucks were. They were blaring their horns and sirens the whole time! I was so proud of how well Rocky did!! That was an experience I won't soon forget.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-48600937230121079732019-04-27T20:10:00.000-05:002019-05-19T20:12:34.941-05:00Ride 157 - Short & Sweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm posting this way after the fact, so I don't remember all of the details, but for my records I just wanted to write it down. I hopped on Chrome bareback for a short ride (I forget how long, but probably 20 minutes) before the rain started. He was very good and we even went for a bareback canter. We just rode around the house.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-180509146639004692019-04-20T20:00:00.000-05:002019-04-21T08:50:40.075-05:00Ride 156 - Barely Survived! It's sad that my last post was in November talking about my new camera and how I was going to be posting a bunch of photos.... and now I'm posting in April with cell phone pictures lol!! I <i>have</i> been taking photos with the new camera (I LOVE it!), but I haven't had time to edit or post them. I have to figure out how to manage my time better because during the week I go to work and then come home and spend an hour or two doing chores (feeding/watering/haying all the animals), then go inside, shower, eat supper and pass out. On the weekends I'm catching up on cleaning the house and my outside time is spent working the goats (shots, pest control, deworming, trimming hooves, etc.) or doing ground stuff with Chrome (trimming hooves, pest control-sweet itch sucks-pasture maintenance, hand walking, etc.). By the time I can ride I'm too tired. It will get better when all of the goat kids are weaned... at least there are no more pregnant ones! Oh and it's been raining non-stop for months! Today was the first sunny, warmish weekend day which is why I finally hopped up for a ride. I'm going to try to do better now that the weather is improving. Anyway, enough whining! Let me tell you about my adrenaline filled ride.<br />
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There is a reason that the above picture is the only mounted picture lol. Since I've been hand walking Chrome on the roads and he's been fine I had the bright idea to hop on him for the first time in five months and go for a solo ride out on the road.... stupid!! I was drunk on sunshine. That's my excuse.<br />
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First ride stats. We rode for a total of 48 minutes and we covered one and a half miles on the road. I rode around the house some too, so not all of that time was spent on the road.<br />
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On this ride Chrome pulled out every bad habit he has ever displayed. I think this was the first time I experienced all of them in one ride. We had spooking, balking, weaving, almost bucking, jigging, spinning and almost bolting. Yes, all in ONE ride!! The sad thing is I'm not that upset with him. I was terrified at certain points and thought I would die once, but I didn't dismount and I really wasn't scared except during his more dramatic moments. I can't really blame him because I haven't ridden him consistently in a really long time (since I started working full time plus overtime in 2016 to be honest).<br />
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Here is the ride breakdown... we started out on the road going the direction he hasn't been in a really long time (I thought it would be smarter to go the direction where there aren't as many horses instead of the direction we go when out for walks) and he was immediately balky. I just focused on my position, core and keeping my temper. I gave him a sharp kick when he balked and immediately relaxed and praised him when he would walk. Then he spotted lots of scary stuff (a freaking mailbox?????) and started eyeballing and veering away from things, including a piece of rubber on the road...<br />
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Then he started the weaving, where he tries to circle one way and when I correct he over-corrects and tries to go the other way... annoying. So I took up the slack in the reins and rode with a strong leg to block his sideways movement. He finally gave that up and went back to walking hesitantly and occasionally freezing in place when he would see/hear something (anything..everything..). Annoying, but better than spooking or spinning and bolting. At one point I was so sick of the balking that I made him trot down the road. It's so much easier to keep him going at a trot even though I'm risking a bigger spook reaction if something startles him. That was until he saw a fire hydrant and grew roots again.<br />
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So after lots of dramatics (standing rooted to the spot, not really dramatic) over a fire hydrant (to his credit it didn't used to be there and I'm not sure he's ever seen one before-I wish I could have let him approach and sniff it, but the ground was too soft and I was afraid he would sink in the trenches they dug), a stupid horse neighed. He immediately lost it. He neighed back (one of my biggest pet peeves) and started trying to trot with his head in the sky (and probably his tail). I will be fair and say he wasn't full on jigging, he was just walking quickly and bouncily. The mare I grew up with actually jigged (trotted at the speed of a walk or in place while I was asking for a walk) and that was so annoying, so I'm glad he would actually walk when I told him to.<br />
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A car drove by us (slowly and respectfully - thank you stranger) and pulled up to a mailbox, parked and started sorting mail. I caught up to them and walked around the car. The guy said "That's a beautiful horse." I thanked him and felt better about my brat horse lol.<br />
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Then we turned up this really steep road that I love to work him on because it's the only hill that is close and not paved (it's normally gravel, but they put this really fine screening gravel on it that is soft and lovely). I asked him to trot like I normally do (good butt workout and good for his stifles). He jumped into this huge, wonderful canter. It was so awesome! He's so out of shape that he was only able to go six or eight strides (very steep hill), but it was wonderful while it lasted. That was the first time I'm cantered him uphill and was by far my favorite part of the ride. I walked him back down (he wanted to trot because he's out of shape, but I didn't let him). I turned him back up and asked him to trot back up and he did. I was praising him and petting him like he was the most amazing horse on the planet (he is hehe).<br />
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After that we headed home. He was still wigging out about the horse that neighed at him so he was doing the almost sort of jigging thing and neighed one or two more times. As we turned to head back I saw a huge dump truck pull into a driveway to drop a load of dirt ahead of us. Normally I wouldn't worry at all about it because he's a saint around traffic, but the way he was acting on this ride it made me a little apprehensive.<br />
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I tried waiting him out, but he was taking forever dumping it so I just continued on my way home. At the fast walk we were going we would be home in no time since we weren't even a mile away. About a third of the way back I heard a vehicle approaching behind me so I turned him to face it and waited, thinking it was going to be the dump truck. It was a van pulling a trailer stacked high with wooden pallets. Of course it was. I wanted Chrome to see if so he wouldn't spook, but he was too busy staring in the direction of the horses. I grabbed the rein near his mouth and physically turned his face toward the van. He spotted it and grew more alert, but he wasn't worried about it. I relaxed..... until it got almost beside us and I realized the trailer had a flat tire and was doing that weird noise that flat tires make.<br />
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Chrome heard it right about then too and it's hard to explain what happened next. He front end got light (did not rear), then he did this weird in place bucking thing (crowhopping?), then he spun around and I thought he was going to bolt (he's done that before), but since the scary thing was now in that direction I guess he decided he didn't want to gallop after it lol. I encouraged him to walk toward home so that he wouldn't feel trapped and would think forward and stop thinking "up". <br />
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So we continued to walk very fast toward home. Then I did hear the dump truck coming behind us from around a blind curve. I heard him slowing down (he knew we were there) and I hurried Chrome down the driveway of a friend/neighbor's house. I got halfway down and turned him to face the road. The dump truck drove slowly past (we waved at each other in greeting-thank you again stranger for being respectful) and he was totally fine. I guess standing in my neighbor's driveway allowed his brain to kick back in, because after that the rest of the ride home was actually pleasant and on a fairly loose rein, with no spooking or any other shenanigans. <br />
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He was still walking quickly (I don't mind because I like a fast walker over a balker any day), but wasn't doing the up and down, bouncy, jiggy walk. When we got to the driveway I insisted he pass it and keep going in the opposite direction. He wanted to balk, but I very insistently told him to keep going (I should have taken a riding crop, but I forgot because normally he loves to go out on the roads). Once he relaxed and walked normally (stopped thinking backward) I turned him and went home.<br />
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That was an exhausting ride!! I actually had fun though... I guess because it's just been so long and there was no way I had even a chance to get bored LOL! Sorry for the wall of text. I should have worn my GoPro, but it was all last minute.<br />
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Since I didn't have riding pictures here are some from before and after the ride.<br />
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It took LOTS of brushing to get him this clean.....</div>
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I wish his mane wasn't yellow.... so ready for it to be warm enough for bathing.</div>
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He looks butt high and sway backed because of the uneven ground, but look at how thin he looks!!! My gelding is finally not pregnant!!!! I honestly think part of the reason he was so "up" on the ride is because he's finally not obese (LOVE my slow feet hay net) and has the energy to do stupid crap. I'm kind of afraid of how hot he'll be if I ever get him in shape.<br />
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Please ignore his gross tail. It has gotten SO thick and long because I didn't brush it over the winter, but it's very stained. Blech! This is why I always said I'd never have a gray horses........ never say never.<br />
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This was right before we headed out on the road. Such deceptive innocence.</div>
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After the ride he had to spend some time tied up to think about his misbehavior.... but look at that sweet face!! He was an absolutely turd while tied up (he wanted to go graze) and even set back on his halter so hard it took pliers to undo the knot.... even the quick release knot wouldn't release.... I need to get a cotton rope instead of the boat marine rope. That's why I don't go far. He has only set back while tied maybe three times in the almost ten years I've had him, but horses are horses and it happens, which is why I don't go far. Thankfully he immediately stops pulling as soon as I yell at him. <br />
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So I probably should have named this post 'the good, bad and ugly sides of Chrome' haha. Even with everything that happened I'm not angry at him or anything, because I know he's not normally like that. It's spring, he's eating green grass and he's feeling sparky. It happens. It's part of the gamble with horses. I know he'll be right back to his normal self after a few more rides, so I'm not letting it bother me. I'm just super proud that I didn't dismount, because that's what I used to do when he would scare me. I have to recognize the small wins and stay positive!!<br />
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Again, sorry for the SUPER long post. I get carried away. On that note I have SO much I need to get done so I'll see you when I see you! Bye guys (if anyone is still here)!!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-61737274824503302672019-01-05T18:29:00.002-06:002019-01-05T18:29:55.153-06:00New Camera!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A friend of mine gave me her old Canon EOS 20D when she upgraded her camera. I finally got everything I needed to start using it (cards, battery, etc.) and I'm so excited to start practicing with it. This is my first DSLR. I learned the basics several years ago, but haven't had any practice since. I've been reading and watching videos to refresh my memory, but keep in mind I am going to need a LOT more practice. I'm still so excited to have an actual camera again because I hate cell phone photos. I went out to practice with it outside for the first time today and just snapped some pictures of my mudball pony. Gray horses are SO hard to take pictures of. I was cheating and using the auto mode (because I was taking pictures of fast moving baby goats - see <a href="https://myfarmerlife.blogspot.com/2019/01/our-newest-kids.html" target="_blank">my other blog HERE</a> for pictures of them), but I will eventually start using the manual mode. I want to practice on still objects and landscapes first. I'm afraid I'll get frustrated if I try to practice on uncooperative animals lol.<br />
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I have a 50mm lens and I have very, very little experience with lenses (years ago and only a couple of times), so getting the focus right is very difficult for me. I'm still learning and need so much more practice. When I get it right, it's incredible.<br />
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Napping while I take pictures of baby goats.</div>
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Woken from his nap. I like the back lighting. Wish he weren't so gross though.</div>
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Can't leave Led Zeppelin out. I LOVE these pictures even though the lighting is awful.<br />
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He was so fascinated with the kids.<br />
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Chrome was fascinate with them as well, but I was too busy making sure he didn't bite them to take pictures. He was a good boy I'm happy to report. Once things dry up and we aren't drowning in mud I'll hopefully be able to get some more pictures for you guys. I hope you enjoyed them.<br />
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One last picture before I leave. I wanted to share one of Jackal to show you how amazing this camera is when I get my you know what together.<br />
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It's so much easier to take pictures of him because of his amazingly wonderful sit/stay hehe. :DAchieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-37186419213062161992018-11-04T13:23:00.000-06:002019-04-21T07:44:56.625-05:00Belated Happy Halloween! Ride 155<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We dressed up as the headless horseman for Halloween.</div>
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I've never been a huge fan of Halloween or wearing costumes, but everyone at work dresses up for Halloween so I joined in and dressed as a Dementor from Harry Potter (costume was cheap). Halfway though the work day I got to thinking how cool it would be to get rid of the mask and accessories and wear the cape as the headless horseman on Chrome! So much more fun than dressing up at work hehe. </div>
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I was lucky we happened to have a bunch of pumpkins sitting around because hubby gets them from the local grocery store for free once they've gone past their prime and won't sell. We feed them to the goats. Goats LOVE pumpkin! It worked out great for the costume.<br />
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So creepy right?? I wish it had been overcast and at dusk, but the pictures turned out better in the sun than they would have on a rainy day, so it's okay that the atmosphere isn't quite right.<br />
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One with my face so you can see I didn't really lose my head lol.</div>
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Chrome is so handsome! He outshines my costume hehe.</div>
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My first time cantering Chrome with no hands (that I remember).</div>
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I was so happy and excited I leaned forward and started patting him on both sides of his neck. His ears immediately popped up. I wish they'd been forward for the canter, but I think he was watching the fabric whipping in the wind behind him. Oh well. He still did so awesome and he wasn't spooky at all. When I first brought the costume out I waved it all around him and snapped it in the air around his head and he didn't react at all except to want to sniff it. I love how nothing I do bothers him because of all of the training we did when he was young.<br />
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I'm so proud of Chrome. How many horses can go six months without being ridden, get taken out of the pasture on a cold day with the wind blowing and a neighbor zipping around on a four wheeler next door, have their rider dress up in a costume they've never seen and canter with fabric snapping in the wind and be totally cool with it? Chrome can!!<br />
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P.S. I have stuff to share. I've just been too busy to blog. I do want to reassure you that nothing was wrong with Chrome over the summer other than his sweet itch. I've just decided to give him summers off because it's not fair to ask him to concentrate when he itches and we are both pouring sweat just standing around in the shade. Now that the bugs are gone and it's cooling off I'm going to try to ride more (if I can stop spraining my ankles that is!). I'll catch you guys up on some other stuff as soon as I can. For now I have to go.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-83980542725448693802018-08-30T21:43:00.001-05:002018-08-30T21:43:30.551-05:00QuestionDid you all get emails from noreply+subscribe@blogger.com asking if you want to maintain your subscription to each of your blogs? Are these legit emails? Is this the "fix" for us not getting notifications of comments?? I'm too chicken to click on the subscribe button in the emails so I wanted to see if anyone else has gotten them. Thanks in advance for any help!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-87918576873685972012018-05-28T21:41:00.000-05:002018-05-29T21:41:45.858-05:00Happy Memorial Day! - Ride 154<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went for a fun, short ride around the property today as our way of celebrating the holiday. The ride was shorter than I intended at twenty-twenty five minutes because someone showed up and interrupted the ride. I was irritated, but it was probably for the best since Chrome is so out of shape.<br />
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I was going to work on walk/trot transitions, but Chrome's right stifle gave out with every downward transition. After the ride I looked at his hooves and his toe on that side is getting too long so it's time for me to rasp them again. I'll do that before the next ride and see if it makes a difference. It usually does.<br />
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After a ten plus walking warm up and a few failed walk/trot transitions I trotted him the entire length of the driveway. On that downward transition his stifle didn't give out so I did it again and cantered him for a few strides. After that his stifle never gave out again no matter what we did. We trotted, cantered, backed up, turned circles, etc. It's so weird how he seems to warm up out of it. I just need to do his ground work again with backing, stepping over things, etc. to strengthen his stifles back up. Time off just does not treat this horse well at all physically. Mentally it's like we never took a day off. He's such a good boy. <br />
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Look at how fleabitten his cheeck is!</div>
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Other than the stifle issues, the one random fly and getting interrupted it was a good ride.<br />
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Look how flexible my boy is! his tail is touching the ground!!</div>
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Just ignore how filthy it is lol.</div>
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The dark spots on his shoulder is where his hair grew back in dark after he rubbed it out...</div>
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Happy birthday Chrome! Can you believe he's nine years old? Where did the time go?? I spent a long time brushing him before these pictures, but I didn't bathe him until after our ride because he would have gotten sweaty and gross, making the bath pointless. I rode for about thirty minutes, just casually around the yard. Mostly walking with a little bit of trotting and cantering. Please ignore my eq... I'm very out of practice.</div>
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LeeAnn standing on the fence cracked me up when I was looking at the pictures. I was using a branch full of leaves to try to get Chrome's ears forward. I was waving it around in my right hand and LeeAnn was standing on the fence watching longingly lol. I wish I'd noticed her and I would have fed it to her after the pictures, but we were being attacked by buffalo gnats and I just wanted to run away.</div>
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His ears were touching the clouds!</div>
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After the ride he got his bath.<br />
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Then I completely forgot to get pictures of him once he was clean! Fail!! Just trust me that he looked very handsome and white lol. Sorry there aren't a whole lot of photos and that we didn't dress up fancy. It was over ninety degrees and I was tired from lack of sleep. I also shaved my goats and did a bunch of other chores. I hope you enjoyed what few there are. I'm still blown away that Chrome is nine. It makes me sad that he's basically a pasture puff and that we never learned dressage or competitive trail riding together like I wanted to, but things outside of my control have prevented it. Hopefully someday we can still do those things. I'm choosing to focus on the positives instead. Chrome is happy and healthy and I love him with all my heart and I get to see him everyday for hugs and scratches, so that's what is important.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-90706851442721577682018-04-01T18:43:00.001-05:002018-04-01T18:43:16.972-05:00Happy Easter & April Fool's Day! Chrome Ride 152<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I couldn't pass up the chance to ride today since it was the first time in sixty years that Easter and April Fool's Day landed on the same day (I do still have a goal to ride on every holiday hehe). This is supposed to happen again in eleven years if I remember right, but why wait that long? <br />
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Sorry I only got one picture, it was starting to rain so I just snapped a quick one and got on with my ride. I rode bareback, only for fifteen minutes. I wanted to see if he felt sore from the ride yesterday. He started out a bit stiff, but worked out of it quickly (we only walked with two very short trots). I worked on some backing up and I could hear and feel him dragging his right hind leg back instead of picking it up. That makes sense because that's the side his stifle is weaker on. I'll get back into his stifle exercises during the week when I feed since it only take a few minutes in hand to get him strengthened back up for riding.<br />
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He felt really good and was happy to mess around in the yard again. <br />
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I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and April Fool's Day!!!!!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-85412943268452356752018-03-31T13:04:00.000-05:002018-04-01T13:16:37.437-05:00Chrome Ride 151<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally! A weekend without rain! It was a gorgeous day and I was so excited to get back in the saddle. Chrome seemed happy to be doing something different too. I actually forgot to get his sugar cube until he started trying to grab the bit out of the air! I completely forgot about the training we did with taking the bit. So I ran inside, grabbed a piece of sugar and then held the bit up for him. He took it without hesitation and I gave him his sugar. So funny that he remembered and I didn't.<br />
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I spent a bunch of time grooming him. There was snowy fur flying everywhere. He is shedding like crazy. He enjoyed the full grooming immensely.<br />
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It's funny because the days leading up to this weekend I was actually nervous. It had been over a year since I had last been on Chrome and I was worried he would be stupid or I would just suck at riding or something. Once I had him groomed, tacked and I got on I wasn't nervous at all!<br />
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We goofed around in the yard for thirty minutes. I had him do several short trots and even a few canters, just to see if he could still do it and to see if his canter scared me again. None of it did at all. Even when he ducked his head and felt like he wanted to crowhop the first time. I corrected him and he didn't try it again. He was very eager to canter and we had fun. I haven't felt that carefree cantering him probably ever. It felt so effortless and easy. His stifles gave out a couple of times and he was doing the whole slow walk away from the house and fast walk toward it, but overall he was great. We also worked on some backing and learning how to yield his hindquarters from the saddle without a ground cue (needs work lol).<br />
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He sweated a little, but never even got his heart rate up. I was worried I could hurt him even though that makes no sense. I was relieved to see him galloping around and bucking in the pasture when I turned him loose later (I trimmed and soaked his hooves after the ride). He was so wound up and obviously felt good.<br />
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He was a total butt during his hoof soaks (but fine during the trim that we did beforehand) and I think it's because hubby left and he couldn't see where he was, but he could hear him feeding the goats. He was such a brat that I didn't feed him when I put him back in the pasture. I can't stand when horses act up in anticipation of food. It put a damper on my mood after such a fabulous ride, but I'm not going to let it get to me. He was just feeling good and being a turd.<br />
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It was a wonderful ride to get back into things and I can't wait to ride again. Also I really want to thank you all for your comments on my last post. I don't know why weekend warriors have such a negative association in my area, but you're all right. If I'm smart about it and take things slow, he will be totally fine. So thank you all so much. Also thank you for sticking around. I know I've been very absent. I appreciate my loyal friends.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-30978459085150659862018-03-18T13:23:00.000-05:002018-03-18T13:23:13.047-05:00Weekend Warrior?Hey guys! <br />
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I wanted to give you an update on the hay net and ask you a question (if anyone even still reads my blog since I'm so absent). The hay net is doing great. I can't tell for sure if it's actually slowing them down at all, but it definitely helps with boredom and prevents a lot of waste. Rocky also seems to chase Chrome off less because he's distracted with pulling hay through the net instead of being a brat.<br />
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Now, my question. What do you guys think of weekend warriors? Growing up I was always told it's really bad to only ride your horses on the weekends. Of course the people they were talking about were people that would take horses who've sat all week in the pasture and then ride them ten miles with no prior conditioning, so that is definitely bad and I know that.<br />
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What I need to know is if it's done right (start with short rides, gradually build distance and duration, proper warm ups and cool downs, etc.) is it still a bad idea? Is it even possible to build a horse's fitness level if you only ride once or twice on the weekends? I have to always keep his locking stifles in mind and I'm terrified of having another tendon injury (although I have no idea what caused the previous one.... probably him being overweight, but his weight is really good now that we have the hay net). I can't longe him because circles are bad for his stifles and our ground is really messed up right now from all the rain and flooding.<br />
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The reason I'm asking is because I work anywhere from 7:30-8:00am to 6:00-7:00pm every weekday. I have to do chores after work, then take a shower and eat supper. By then it's late. We rarely get inside or eat supper before 8pm. I also have to keep a very strict sleeping schedule or I have insomnia, so I can't just stay up late a couple of nights a week. I barely fit in all of the chores I need to do after work, so fitting in a ride is almost impossible. Now that the time has changed, if the weather is decent, I could probably just throw on a helmet and a bridle and toodle around the house for fifteen minutes but really it seems pointless because we can't really do anything productive and walking circles in the yard by myself gets really boring, especially in the dark.<br />
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So what are your thoughts? I was looking back through my blog and realized it's been over a year since I've ridden my horse. I've only ridden him 16 times in the last two years since I started working at this extremely stressful, fast paced, mentally exhausting job. I have time to ride on the weekends (when the weather is okay), but I keep talking myself out of it because I don't want to be a weekend warrior. <br />
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So if you work full time and/or a lot of overtime, do you ride only on the weekends? Is being a weekend warrior as bad as a lot of people make it sound? I miss riding and I know Chrome needs the exercise for his stifles, but I'm terrified of hurting him. <br />
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I'll stop rambling. Please share your thoughts! I would really appreciate any advice. Also because I know someone will mention it, having someone half lease him or come over to exercise him when I'm at work is not an option. Thanks in advance!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-90195150683292236832018-02-10T17:58:00.000-06:002018-02-10T17:58:19.051-06:00Round Bale Slow Feed Hay Net<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The slow feed hay net finally arrived!! It's only been a few days, but so far I think this thing is going to be worth the money. The horses figured out how to use it in a single night. I was very impressed. When they eat from it, it really is just like grazing. Here is a short video showing them eating from it. Sorry for the horrid quality... stupid cell phones...<br />
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He was tightening the net because I wasn't able to tie it completely closed when we first put it on (I'm a wimp). It's going to be so much easier to put on when the tractor is fixed and we can put it on while it's in the air.<br />
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The reason Rocky has so much hay in his mouth in the second picture is because hubby pulled some out and gave it to him.<br />
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Here is a further out picture so you can see the net. It looks like they've eaten a ton of hay in a short period of time, but it's just because they pulled on it so it fell down on the sides making it look wide and flat. I'm curious to see how long a bale lasts with the net.<br />
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Look at how filthy my horse still is. I'm glad for the rain because we've been in a bit of a drought (we were under a burn ban) but I'm so tired of the mud....<br />
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Anyway I'll update more after we've fed a bale or two out of it.Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-33037297746738080262018-02-04T15:05:00.000-06:002018-02-04T15:05:34.994-06:00Gross Gray!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It rained so now I get to enjoy the disgusting side of having a gray horse hehe. When you see his right side he doesn't look that bad.... all things considered.... then he turned around.....<br />
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Ew! Just ew!</div>
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He's still so cute though lol. He actually looks really good when not fat....</div>
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Just had to share my gross boy. I hope you all are having a great weekend!Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044831604914286008.post-53182733299713773462018-01-28T11:03:00.000-06:002018-01-28T11:03:16.559-06:00Rocky and Led Zeppelin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just wanted to share a few pictures of Rocky and Zep too, so you guys don't think they are ignored.<br />
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Rocky giving his classic side eye while I photograph his icky coat. They sure love winter mud lol.<br />
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Zeppy is so cute.</div>
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He's still as feral as ever. I'm beginning to think the only way I'll be able to tame him is if I trap him in a stall.... maybe when we finish building the barn I can try it. I just don't 100% trust him because he has kicked and threatened to bite before. Hopefully if trucks and tractors will stop breaking and if animals will stop needing vets maybe I can get him gelded finally. That should help. I know someone who had a twenty something year old jack that they gelded and it completely changed his personality, even though he had been breeding for years. Zep has never been bred so maybe the change will be even more drastic. We shall see. Achieve1dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.com4