Bean Stalk Chronicles
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joflasherPutting these here for posterity. FB sucks for keeping things around.
May 12 2018
Today's pushing the envelope? Riding in the outdoor AND hauling my butt up onto my small elephant from a 2 step mounting block. That 4 step in the indoor has me so spoiled ...
May 13 2018
Tonight's envelope pushing -hacking around the property. It went something like this (from Bean's point of view):
- Lunging lunging lunging, I am a master at lunging
- Hey, yelly person, have you come to yell at us?
- Wait, where are we going? You can go out that gate? With a rider? You sure?
- This is not normal!
- Well, HELLO Alick!
- chipmunk!
- Hey, it's Paddington & Rosie!
- ack, hill
- ALICK, I've missed you
- Chipmunk!
- Rosie, why are you making those faces?
- Wait, we can turn around? And go down the hill? WIN!
- Rosie, why are you making those faces?
- OMG! CHIPMUNK!
- Not feeling it, Alick
- Do we really need to go up that hill again? You sure?
- So tired now
And 20 minutes later, I had a pony with her head to her knees exhausted, all from just walking around the barns.
May 20 2018
Today's Beanie Baby adventures, told from the perspective of a poor, tired, abused pony:
-Hey, it's windy, the puppy is with us, see how good I'm being out here?
-What do you mean, not enough impulsion. I lunged first (politely, I may add). I worked yesterday. This is as forward as I get!
- No, no, no, I do not want to trot up this HUGE hill like a dressage horse. I am a pony! A pony, I tell you!
- Okay, fine! Just...FINE! I'll canter up the hill
- What, you don't want a canter? Pony trot, coming right up!
- Look, it's either pony trot or canter, that's your choices today cause we both know you aren't picking this fight in these conditions, treat dispenser!
- Wait, wait, what? No, she's not even wearing real shoes! There's no way.
- Oh, crud.
< 3 minutes later>
- Yes, you're right, I can trot up this hill like a proper dressage horse.
Brought to you by the reminder that sometimes you just have to admit defeat and put your trainer up there. And that HUGE hill is like a 2% grade in the outdoor. Bean's convinced it's the horse equivalent of mountain climbing.
May 12 2018
Today's pushing the envelope? Riding in the outdoor AND hauling my butt up onto my small elephant from a 2 step mounting block. That 4 step in the indoor has me so spoiled ...
May 13 2018
Tonight's envelope pushing -hacking around the property. It went something like this (from Bean's point of view):
- Lunging lunging lunging, I am a master at lunging
- Hey, yelly person, have you come to yell at us?
- Wait, where are we going? You can go out that gate? With a rider? You sure?
- This is not normal!
- Well, HELLO Alick!
- chipmunk!
- Hey, it's Paddington & Rosie!
- ack, hill
- ALICK, I've missed you
- Chipmunk!
- Rosie, why are you making those faces?
- Wait, we can turn around? And go down the hill? WIN!
- Rosie, why are you making those faces?
- OMG! CHIPMUNK!
- Not feeling it, Alick
- Do we really need to go up that hill again? You sure?
- So tired now
And 20 minutes later, I had a pony with her head to her knees exhausted, all from just walking around the barns.
May 20 2018
Today's Beanie Baby adventures, told from the perspective of a poor, tired, abused pony:
-Hey, it's windy, the puppy is with us, see how good I'm being out here?
-What do you mean, not enough impulsion. I lunged first (politely, I may add). I worked yesterday. This is as forward as I get!
- No, no, no, I do not want to trot up this HUGE hill like a dressage horse. I am a pony! A pony, I tell you!
- Okay, fine! Just...FINE! I'll canter up the hill
- What, you don't want a canter? Pony trot, coming right up!
- Look, it's either pony trot or canter, that's your choices today cause we both know you aren't picking this fight in these conditions, treat dispenser!
- Wait, wait, what? No, she's not even wearing real shoes! There's no way.
- Oh, crud.
< 3 minutes later>
- Yes, you're right, I can trot up this hill like a proper dressage horse.
Brought to you by the reminder that sometimes you just have to admit defeat and put your trainer up there. And that HUGE hill is like a 2% grade in the outdoor. Bean's convinced it's the horse equivalent of mountain climbing.
