June 14, 2013
My friend Rachel P came out about two weeks ago and took some photos of me riding Simon, and Linus hanging out. Then she took Simon for a little spin. We had a great time! I can’t wait to have her out to play pony again!
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Rachel P Photography – 2013
Posted by riderofchaos on June 14, 2013
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Linus Progress
June 13, 2013
Yesterday I did some ground work with Linus. He has not gotten a lot of attention for the past week and a half while I prepared and attended the Mounted Games Mid-Atlantic #2 Competition in Centre Hall, PA.
He is happy to wear his fly mask now, but he has been apprehensive about fly spray. But today, He took it like a champ. I also greased his nose up with some sunblock. He seemed to enjoy that, particularly wiping it back off all over me.
Next I decided to give his hooves some attention. To recap, Linus is afraid of men and apparently ferrier tools. I have already had two brief sessions with the rasp, getting him accustomed to it. So today I broke out the little emergency nail nippers I have. They are not exactly made for real hoof trimming. They are more for emergency work. But I figured I would give it a go and see how it went.
And it went surprisingly well. I was able to trim off some toe! Score. And then I used the rasp. He let me tuck his hooves between my knees, like a ferrier. I was so proud of him.
Just to be clear, I am no ferrier, nor do I claim to have any type of skill with hoof trimming at all. My expertise is limited to rasping out chips between trims. But all and all, I am pretty happy with both Linus and myself.
I think I will pick up a hoof knife and a better pair of nippers in the near future.
Simon wanted sunblock on his nose too
Sunblock got on more than just Linus’s pink nose.
He is standing a little awkwardly.
Posted by riderofchaos on June 13, 2013
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Round Bale – 2013
June 12, 2013
I had a round bale delivered today. It’s my first round bale. The ponies sure looked happy.
Posted by riderofchaos on June 12, 2013
https://blueridgepony.com/2013/06/12/round-bale/
Busy Being Awesome – 2013
June 5, 2013
I have a lot of things to blog about but honestly, Simon and I have been so busy being awesome, I just have not had the time.
Last week my friend Rachel P came out and rode Simon and took a bunch of photos of him and Linus. I have been gearing up this week for the MGAA Mid-Atlantic Mounted Games Series #2 competition this weekend. I am getting a lovely round bale delivered next week to the barn yard for the ponies to chow on. My first round bale actually. And I broke down and ordered Simon a grazing muzzle. Actually, I mentioned to a friend that I was going to order one and the next day she called me because she saw one on Facebook being sold for $15/free shipping. So we jumped on that. Thanks Lindsey for saving me cash. And I still have not blogged about Simon’s full switch to the hackamore yet.
Oh, and there is a cute little POA I am sort of interested in, although I really do not want to bring on another pony until then end of the summer and I am back from the UK (which is yet another exciting horse topic I have not blogged about yet). But it’s still tempting because he has that build I want and I have been shopping for a year. But he is a cribber. Which has led to a very interesting discussion about cribbers.
So, I hope to get my blog back on next week.
Photo: Rachel P
Terrible picture of me, but lovely picture of Simon.
Posted by riderofchaos on June 5, 2013
https://blueridgepony.com/2013/06/05/busy-being-awesome/
Stick Horses – 2012
May 30, 2013
I have a side business called Cosmic Earth. I primarily work in fiber art, and make an array of things including dog collars, clothing, and stick horses. This is a business I have been operating for about 15 years, and it helps fund my horses. I operate my business online, have a facebook page utilizing the mail, and I have a stand on Saturdays at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market.
I am really happy with how my stick horses are coming out and I wanted to share some photos of them.
They are also a very popular item. I love seeing the kids ride them around at the farmers market, and pick out their favorite ones. I even mailed one off to California the other day for a sweet little girl.
This is particularly special for me because when I was a kid I was not allowed to have a stick horse because they were considered dangerous by my dad. A real horse was ok, but one on a stick, not so much. So now, as a 30 something adult, I relive my childhood love of stick horses through other peoples children. It makes me smile.
Posted by riderofchaos on May 30, 2013
https://blueridgepony.com/2013/05/30/stick-horses/
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