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Rest and relaxation
This weekend was definitely nice to rest and relax. I actually forgot that Friday was Amber’s birthday – she officially turned 8! I can’t believe she’s 8 already. Such a grown up girl!
So, I made sure she at least got a really delicious lunch lol. She was the happiest of ponies.
We had a really nice, leisurely ride. I played around a bit, and since she’s been more comfortable in the western saddle, I’ve gone back to working her a bit more again. Now that her abscess has completely healed (yes!!) she’s been feeling really good, so I’ve been wanting to get her doing something again so poor thing isn’t so bored anymore.
It really fun to get back to a few things, even if it wasn’t like before. It’s easier for her to be in a slightly fast jog, so we worked just a little bit on pace. It felt like she was pushing well despite being a little off. It was a little bumpy at first, but after a few short half circles we got a lot better in sync. At first I’d been trying to sit her trot – when she goes that fast, I absolutely can’t sit it haha. Good thing I don’t have a horse that has any bigger movement than her lol. Then the posting didn’t work either since my stirrups are longer for western….it was definitely a bit funky in the beginning!
Once we established a better rhythm (and I wasn’t sitting like an idiot and was actually bearing down with my abs and actually riding correctly lol) it felt really nice.
Saturday I formulated a more planned ride. It was going to be more of the same – figuring out our trot pace and just doing small circles and changes of direction, and perhaps a bit of loping if she seemed up to it. She was really super! We got a pretty consistent trot pace and did a bit of direction change. She got a little hyped up but it was really nice to feel that even after her tension she relaxed – at least as much as she could while her stifle is still hurting.
I asked for a bit of a lope, and we only did half a circle, but it felt so good! I haven’t really felt her lope like that in a long time. She moved into the lope so easily, and she felt lifted and really collected. It was probably all of 6 strides before I asked her to walk but it was more than we’ve been able to do in a while! And I could tell she enjoyed it – or at least as much as she could. Her ears were up and she had a spring in her step at the walk.
Sunday was very similar – a few trot circles but this time a figure 8. Her trot pace was great, I also sat better, and we had a really nice ride – only 15 minutes before we headed out for a very short walk about. She was super happy about that! We kept it short and in sight of Whisper since Wednesday our walk about was….interesting to say the least lol.
And I was able to have Choco over at the apartment for the weekend! It was really nice to have her there – I’ve definitely missed her snoozy face.
I bought her a wool pillow cover from Ikea….I believe that is now her favorite.
Either way it was exactly the weekend I needed. I hope everyone had a great weekend too! What did you guys do?
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We finally got some Spring weather here this weekend! I am so jealous of her sleek, shiny coat. May is at that stage where she is trying to lose as much hair as quickly as possible, and she just looks terrible despite my desperate currying hahaha
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Haha I was so lucky – Amber hardly grew any winter coat this winter because it was so warm for a long time, and then because I clipped her a bit I had a bit less hair to shed lol. Whisper has a really dark summer coat and a very light winter one, so now that she’s shedding out, it looks like she has mange! 😂
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Happy birthday!!!
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That’s awesome that she’s feeling so good! She always looks great in western tack too 😉
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Haha thanks! She’s definitely a western looking pony 😁
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Happy Birthday Amber!
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Aww thanks!
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She’s so shiny!
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Happy birthday to Amber!
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