6/6/07 this week my horses started out being on, what my friend Cherry
calls, "spring break". a nice euphanism for them just forgetting everything
and becoming relatively unbroke for a few days and in need of a tuneup. it is a
puzzle to me why this happens. maybe it's just because the wind blows from
a weird direction and brings in new monsters? who knows. but even my steadiest
seem subject to this phenomenon. my older mare kitty couldnt remember what the
reins were for. my pony stallion took off out of his slightly open gate to go
on a big walkabout, and my younger gelding wizard was quite buoyant.
two days of this and then just as suddenly they are back to work like nothing
happened. funny animals they are. i have been working on establishing
stretchy connections with all of the three i am riding now. kitty,
the more experienced of the group is alfa mare and always ready to alert the herd
of danger and is always looking. attention span challenged. so for her to give
up the tighter raised neck is a real mental challenge. and once she does it
is like riding a rolls royce. the other two, sunset and wizard are still
learning their balance and how to do it without using that neck as a fifth wheel
for support. a mechanical issue.
it has gotten so darn
hot now that its very hard to feel motivated to do anything out from under my
airconditioned rock. horses are definitely about cooler weather in my book.
less bugs, less sweat, sunburn, whine whine. always hard to get
going in the day and then once rolling its good. but always better to be
on a horse than doing anything else. |
