Horsey update
Mar. 20th, 2006 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joflasherWell, you could compete in the walk/trot tests if you don't have any pride.
-my riding instructor discussing what level of dressage test I should or shouldn't ride.
In other news, Tisa's paddock mate, Hanna, has left the barn. She's been having problems for about 7 months now. She's been pasture sound but not ridable. Her owner decided that paying for an indoor and all the bells & whistles just wasn't a good idea for an unridable horse. Can't say I blame her.
Tisa now has a paddock all to herself. She's settling into it but she's still calling every morning looking for her buddy. Dawn (barn owner/manager) is talking about moving her stall down beside Jasmine. Jasmine has coliced twice this winter (she has a long history of it) and likes having a friend. The geldings beside her aren't all that friendly with her, though, and completely ignore her during turnout. We talked about moving Tisa earlier but didn't because Tisa was LITERALLY the only horse in the barn that Hanna would tolerate near her. Every other horse caused Hanna to try to kick her stall down. Dawn is a little leary about turning them out together since Tisa is barefoot and Jasmine is not but I'm not real concerned about it. My pony gets along with everyone. I have yet to see a horse that didn't like her. I guess the plan is to put them side by side in the barn and see how they get along, then try side by side paddocks and go from there.
So now there's a stall open at the barn. I don't know whether they are looking to fill it or not but I'd assume so. Anyone looking for an excellent boarding barn w/ indoor, outdoor, jumps, access to trails, matted stalls, all they can eat hay, a wonderful trainer and just all around amazing care, let me know. There's only 10 stalls in the barn and 4 of those are filled up by the owners and one is the trainer's horse. Its a little pricey but well worth it. The care is amazing, the people are laid back and respectful. Its not a Drama Barn and the turnover is very low. Hanna is the first horse that has left since I've been there and I'm going on two years this summer. The only down side is that the pastures are dirt, not grass but they're nice and big and kept very clean. There are two small grass pastures that you can turn your horse out in for brief periods but no one gets all day turnout in them. They are "shared" resources.
-my riding instructor discussing what level of dressage test I should or shouldn't ride.
In other news, Tisa's paddock mate, Hanna, has left the barn. She's been having problems for about 7 months now. She's been pasture sound but not ridable. Her owner decided that paying for an indoor and all the bells & whistles just wasn't a good idea for an unridable horse. Can't say I blame her.
Tisa now has a paddock all to herself. She's settling into it but she's still calling every morning looking for her buddy. Dawn (barn owner/manager) is talking about moving her stall down beside Jasmine. Jasmine has coliced twice this winter (she has a long history of it) and likes having a friend. The geldings beside her aren't all that friendly with her, though, and completely ignore her during turnout. We talked about moving Tisa earlier but didn't because Tisa was LITERALLY the only horse in the barn that Hanna would tolerate near her. Every other horse caused Hanna to try to kick her stall down. Dawn is a little leary about turning them out together since Tisa is barefoot and Jasmine is not but I'm not real concerned about it. My pony gets along with everyone. I have yet to see a horse that didn't like her. I guess the plan is to put them side by side in the barn and see how they get along, then try side by side paddocks and go from there.
So now there's a stall open at the barn. I don't know whether they are looking to fill it or not but I'd assume so. Anyone looking for an excellent boarding barn w/ indoor, outdoor, jumps, access to trails, matted stalls, all they can eat hay, a wonderful trainer and just all around amazing care, let me know. There's only 10 stalls in the barn and 4 of those are filled up by the owners and one is the trainer's horse. Its a little pricey but well worth it. The care is amazing, the people are laid back and respectful. Its not a Drama Barn and the turnover is very low. Hanna is the first horse that has left since I've been there and I'm going on two years this summer. The only down side is that the pastures are dirt, not grass but they're nice and big and kept very clean. There are two small grass pastures that you can turn your horse out in for brief periods but no one gets all day turnout in them. They are "shared" resources.
