April 11, 2013

Nice weather roared on in, and I am taking advantage by getting in some pony time.

This week I took the time to pull Simon’s mane and give him a bath. I worked on 2 flag endlessly for two ride sessions and my bottle puts and picks.

I also discovered that Linus needs his wolf teeth out before I ride him again. They are sitting right where the bit goes and its not fair to ride him and expect him to focus with them bothering him.

Simon spent some time destroying the “roundish pen” two times. I also found the games equipment pulverized, nice. Simon even ripped up a cone and the mounting block is covered in bite marks.

I put up a tape fence to split the riding field up, but that got pulled down immediately. Granted it was not the most secure fence, and I have not turned it hot, but still. I suspected it was all Simon, until I caught Linus in action. Later I stopped him from stealing a halter from the barn. Uh oh. Do I have two Simons?

Games equipemt all over the place, and a busted up barrel

all trash

cheesin

Linus caught in action

It is hard work pulling the fence down.

March 3, 2013

Last night I put up a roundish pen using my step in portable fence poles and some electric tape (not electrified).  Since I ride in a field and not a ring, I wanted an area to do a little of my work with Linus that was in the wide open. 

It worked well, and we had a nice lunge and short ride in it. It is not exactly sturdy or imposing or structurally sound like a real round pen would be, but it does give a defined space to work in. 

I also had a fantastic ride on Simon.  I love that pony.  He is just a joy to ride.  We did some simple flat work, and ran through some flag drills.  I was happy to see my flag work was better today than the other day when I practiced. 

The grass is also getting greenish, so I pulled the boys off the big field.  Now they are confined to the barn yard and riding field.