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Setting a Pattern
May. 26th, 2009 12:43 pmI'm getting into the groove again. Or rather, getting into the groove that I wish I'd had the previous summers and would like to keep now that I no longer have school commitments.
I'm trying to work at least two horses a day outside of lessons. Kash and Panda were worked yesterday and I worked Sunny briefly today and also worked Kitt. I didn't touch the computer until nearly noon today, which is a good thing.
Kitt needs some work on the ground cantering before I even think about asking from it under saddle. She gave quite a show as I asked her for it in the round pen, kicking and bucking a bit before kind of settling into a stride and then dropping back into the trot. I believe a lot of it is just her being out of shape, but just the same, I'm not asking for it under saddle until she does it nicely on the ground. She'll move forward a lot more quickly with being worked at least twice a week now (or at least that's the goal right now). Her trot has come along, though she still moves around a bit drunkedly and is a little heavy in the hand she is moving forward, which is a nice improvement!
I managed to get Sunny to walk a bit in the round pen. The poor mare was never really taught to walk when working in the round pen so she spends the first 20 minutes trotting and cantering around without realizing that she isn't being asked to do more than just walk. I don't know. I like using the round pen and longe line to get a horse thinking, not to get it wired and thinking it has to run around at top speed, but that's just me.
Random: NPR's Talk of the Nation had a section talking about a new male injectable birth control (basically a hormone shot that makes guys sterile). And the thought crossed my mind that: Guess what! If you don't have sex you can't get (someone) pregnant! Imagine that! What a novel idea!
Of course I'm all old-fashioned and think that sex should wait until after marriage and doing so would save a lot of heartache and stress. Not to say I'm anti-birth control. I've been using it for four years, but it just seems like the common-sense thing of "if you don't want to get (someone) pregnant, then don't have sex" just never comes into the conversation. Again, not to say that it should be the only thing preached, but it is the only 100% sure-fire way to prevent pregnancy (as well as transfer of those nasty STD things).
Again, old-fashioned, but it just boggles the mind that people can have "casual" sex and completely ignore the fact that it has consequences physically, emotionally, and a plethora of other things.
Back to our regular programming ...
Yesterday I had training with Kim and worked Panda as well. Kash did well until the last bit of the training when we moved to going to the left. He decided to pop his right shoulder and try his old trick of dashing towards the gate. Of course, the problem that starts this does often initiate from my losing contact with the outside rein and to get him back on track I need to remember to use that accursed outside hand! That and my outside leg. Bending his neck to the left just doesn't work, partially because he's so stinking athletic and flexible because he just side-passes (and he's quite good at it) so the neck needs to be stabilized by the outside hand and outside leg. He actually did quite well considering he hasn't been worked in two weeks.
Ola was going to work the boy today, but she's getting over a cold or something that her husband gave her the last day of their Europe trip. I lent her some videos to pass the time and she'll try to come out tomorrow. We're both excited for the summer break as she's leasing Kash, I have myself a riding buddy, and Ola gets to go out and trail ride (Mom's currently banned from riding due to being on blood thinners for the clot, which is breaking up nicely).
I now need to start taking pictures of all of the drawings and paintings I did over the semester. There's so much to go through it's not even funny.
I'm trying to work at least two horses a day outside of lessons. Kash and Panda were worked yesterday and I worked Sunny briefly today and also worked Kitt. I didn't touch the computer until nearly noon today, which is a good thing.
Kitt needs some work on the ground cantering before I even think about asking from it under saddle. She gave quite a show as I asked her for it in the round pen, kicking and bucking a bit before kind of settling into a stride and then dropping back into the trot. I believe a lot of it is just her being out of shape, but just the same, I'm not asking for it under saddle until she does it nicely on the ground. She'll move forward a lot more quickly with being worked at least twice a week now (or at least that's the goal right now). Her trot has come along, though she still moves around a bit drunkedly and is a little heavy in the hand she is moving forward, which is a nice improvement!
I managed to get Sunny to walk a bit in the round pen. The poor mare was never really taught to walk when working in the round pen so she spends the first 20 minutes trotting and cantering around without realizing that she isn't being asked to do more than just walk. I don't know. I like using the round pen and longe line to get a horse thinking, not to get it wired and thinking it has to run around at top speed, but that's just me.
Random: NPR's Talk of the Nation had a section talking about a new male injectable birth control (basically a hormone shot that makes guys sterile). And the thought crossed my mind that: Guess what! If you don't have sex you can't get (someone) pregnant! Imagine that! What a novel idea!
Of course I'm all old-fashioned and think that sex should wait until after marriage and doing so would save a lot of heartache and stress. Not to say I'm anti-birth control. I've been using it for four years, but it just seems like the common-sense thing of "if you don't want to get (someone) pregnant, then don't have sex" just never comes into the conversation. Again, not to say that it should be the only thing preached, but it is the only 100% sure-fire way to prevent pregnancy (as well as transfer of those nasty STD things).
Again, old-fashioned, but it just boggles the mind that people can have "casual" sex and completely ignore the fact that it has consequences physically, emotionally, and a plethora of other things.
Back to our regular programming ...
Yesterday I had training with Kim and worked Panda as well. Kash did well until the last bit of the training when we moved to going to the left. He decided to pop his right shoulder and try his old trick of dashing towards the gate. Of course, the problem that starts this does often initiate from my losing contact with the outside rein and to get him back on track I need to remember to use that accursed outside hand! That and my outside leg. Bending his neck to the left just doesn't work, partially because he's so stinking athletic and flexible because he just side-passes (and he's quite good at it) so the neck needs to be stabilized by the outside hand and outside leg. He actually did quite well considering he hasn't been worked in two weeks.
Ola was going to work the boy today, but she's getting over a cold or something that her husband gave her the last day of their Europe trip. I lent her some videos to pass the time and she'll try to come out tomorrow. We're both excited for the summer break as she's leasing Kash, I have myself a riding buddy, and Ola gets to go out and trail ride (Mom's currently banned from riding due to being on blood thinners for the clot, which is breaking up nicely).
I now need to start taking pictures of all of the drawings and paintings I did over the semester. There's so much to go through it's not even funny.
