Finally a day without rain!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I took advantage of a nice afternoon and spent quality time with the girls. They had been getting a bit grumpy with me because I haven’t had time to spend with them. Well, I’ve had the time, but not the weather! It’s still a bit wet in their pasture but I decided to at least give them a good grooming and tack them up just to get them used to being saddled.

Adiva was first and she got rinsed off then her mane and legs shampooed. Then I hand grazed her for a bit and did some basic groundwork. I wanted to work on starting, stopping and turning. She’s so smart, tho she didn’t want to listen. Which is my fault for interrupting her grazing time. I then took her back and worked on getting her used to being tacked up. Which she didn’t care about at all. I even shook the saddle pad at her and smacked the saddle and rocked it. Yeah, she didn’t care. I walked her around to get used to the weight then I untacked and worked on her mane. I’ve been keeping it braided because it’s so long and thick but it’s been down for a few days because it’s been wet and gritty. She always naps when I do her mane and is the cutest thing ever!

I grab Anni next so she can get all clean too, and scrub her mane and tail. She’s always rubbing them, but I finally have the scurf out of them. YAY MEDICATED SHAMPOOS!!! I then hand graze her and work on some leading stuff too, just to keep her sharp. Then I tack her up, and just like her sis she doesn’t even care. Yeah, I know, I’m lucky.

Now if only the weather holds and I can start lunging them again. I really need to get them used to carrying the saddle and also get them working with the side reins. Everyone cross your fingers that I can start making some headway soon. I’m getting a bit impatient!