I miss riding!

This is the reason I haven't been riding!  We have been under heat advisories all week and the horses sweat like this all day, just standing in the pasture doing nothing.  I sooooo wish the barn was done so I could have some fans set up for them.  They are miserable.  Another reason I haven't ridden is because I pulled something in my good shoulder and it turned into a crick in the neck... yeah there was no way I was riding like that lol.  I'm fine now though.  I was going to ride today because it cooled off a teeny bit, but I got woken up at four am from Jackal screaming in pain (scariest way to wake up ever!) and then had to spend over half my paycheck at the vet, then I babysat him all day because I didn't want to leave him inside alone.  Check out the post on my other blog HERE for more details.

Here are the rest of the sweaty horse pictures.

They did not get rained on, were not in the pond, were not hosed off, nothing.  That is literally sweat running down his legs and hooves!!

It's hard to see sweat on Rocky, but can you see the white streaks?  That's salt streaks!!

 Sweat running down Chrome's legs.

 His entire neck, front legs, shoulders and chest were soaked.

 Poor guy is having a heck of a time with his sweet itch too.  He's so itchy!

 Hard to see, but the reflection is the sweat. 

 It runs down his flank just like rain would.

I don't think it's fair or safe to ride when it's that hot.  I wish my sprinklers hadn't gotten lost because I would have set them up for the horses.  Chrome LOVES the sprinklers when it gets like this.  He will just have to deal with being hosed off though.  He likes when I spray the water in the air above us and it feels good for me too.  :D  So that's why I haven't been riding.....  I hope you guys are having cooler weather and getting lots of rides in!

Chrome Ride 147 - 100 Ride Challenge Ride 33 - Rocky Ride 15 (with us) - Rocky's New Saddle Pad

I got home from work and was surprised to see a box from the post office.  I opened it up and there was a saddle pad inside!!  Not just any saddle pad, but one made specifically for treeless saddles.  :D  One of my blogger buddies Olivia from Do It Yourself Horse Ownership sent it to me for Rocky, since hubby is most comfortable and pain free in the treeless saddle.  Thank you Olivia!!!  I'll email you tomorrow.  So of course we had to try out the saddle pad and since hubby was hurting from work, I had to ride Rocky.

Us taking pictures of each other lol.

In the first picture if you look closely you'll see Rocky's tongue hehe.

I just found out I have to go in early to work tomorrow, so I need to get to bed asap.  That means there won't be many words in this post.  I rode Rocky for ten minutes and he was good.  He tested me a few times by trying to turn toward the barn, but it was nothing that was difficult to work through.

 Looking at hubby.

When I went out to the pasture to get Rocky Chrome tried to stick his head in Rocky's halter!!  Then while I was riding Rocky, Chrome was screaming and galloping around!  My spoiled brat seriously doesn't like to be left out.... his galloping around was starting to get Rocky stirred up, which is why his ride was so short.  I wanted to end on a good note and I didn't have the energy (soooo hot and humid!) to deal with a fight if it came up.  Since Chrome was practically begging to be ridden and since I'm falling behind on my 100 ride challenge, I obviously had to ride him too.

He didn't disappoint.  He was fun to ride.  He's such a goofball!

 Sniffing the t-posts leaning against the building.

Remember what I wrote in this post (LINK) about hubby clearing the sides of the driveway and a path into the woods??  I said it was a secret.  Well the picture above and the two below are more hints.... ;)

 He was fascinated by all our hard work in the woods.

You can kind of see a hint behind Rocky too.

 He was stretched out again.  He's so weird.

 He was so excited to be going out on the road.

 I love this picture that hubby got!!

 Chrome shaking his head because of flies.  They are relentless.

 He wasn't wanting to stand still because of the flies again,

so we had to work on a lot of lateral flexion to remind him to stand still.

 I just rode up and down in front of the property.  We didn't go anywhere.

I only rode him for 22 minutes.  I cantered him twice on the driveway, but the rest was walking.

 He still looks for the neighbor horses.

Then he's resigned that they aren't there anymore.  Poor guy.  He misses his neighbors.  I've been noticing he stands more square more often.  It used to be that he always stood with his rear legs apart.  He's also building some of those quad muscles he needs for his stifles.  His thighs don't dip in as much as they used to.  I wish it was easier to get a picture to show you what I mean, but it doesn't really show up in pictures at all.

I had fun even though it was a million degrees outside with eight hundred thousand percent humidity.  Now I have to hit the hay so I can get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow.  Night guys!

P.S.  I forgot to get pictures of the new saddle pad, but I will soon, I promise.

Chrome and Zep

I think I worry too much haha.  Understatement of the year.  I always worry after a long ride that I've overdone it with Chrome....


I think not.  He was feeling good today!  I was letting him graze at the end of the driveway by the road, but he kept galloping to the backyard.  I didn't want him grazing there because it had just been mowed and he was scalping it to the ground, so I kept moving him to the longer grass up front.... and he kept galloping back lol.  Here's a couple of blurry screenshots.

I also got some pictures of Zep eating his timothy hay because a friend was asking for new pictures since it's been a while.

 Shaking flies off his ears.

 He kept watching me creep closer and closer.

He never stopped eating though.  :D