FUN!!!!!!!!!!

I had fun today! I practiced sensitizing and desensitizing, and I cantered barrels!!! It was so much fun and I don't think I have had that much fun in forever! Soon I bet Hershey and I will be galloping across the pasture and soaring like birds..... Oh how fun that would be! I found out the difference between a lope and a canter today, which I thought were the same actually were not, a lope is slower than a canter, and today I cantered! I even went over a little jump on him too! It was fun, I think Hershey was getting a little tired during our lesson, and when I dismounted for a minute and then went to get back on, he was asleep! LoL!!! I was so excited because my trainer told me that I could go as fast as I felt safe to go around the barrels!!!! I was so excited that when I did the barrels I tried to go really fast, but Hershey was so tired that he wouldn't go any faster than a fast canter, but I still had SO MUCH FUN!!!

Meet Milly's kittens!

Guess what! I finally posted on Hershey! I can't believe I did it, it was so fun.( Just so you know, posting is when you rise up and down with the horses rhythm as it's trotting.) I also practiced having Hershey bend his neck down and under himself which is called collecting , I did it with one rein. We had fun today, at first Hershey was kind of lazy, but after we did some ground work and desensitizing, he perked right up! I was thinking, even though this blog is usually just for writing about my horse and what we do together, I thought that maybe every once and awhile I could write about other things that happen that are interesting. So I decided that I would write about my cat Milly's kittens! Here's a pic of all of them, even though this one isn't very good, it's the best pic I could get, the kittens just wouldn't hold still for their photo shoot!

Here is a picture of squeak squeaking! ( Well, actually he isn't squeaking but it sure sounds like he is!)

Practice Practice Practice!

Hi!! Today I went to work with Hershey, and we were practiced some things he needs to work on, and some things I need to work on too!! I lunged him around and I worked on not letting him pull on the rope when he canters. What I did was as soon as he would canter and start to pull, I would backup and ask him to come in. Hershey was being kind of lazy today, so when I asked him to canter and then come in a, after awhile, he would lay back his ears. It wasn't the kind of ears back were he is saying,'' arggh, I'm mad at you, get out of my way''. It was the kind of ears back were he was saying, '' oh my gosh, I have to do this again''? I think he got a little bit bored of that exercise, lol!! So what we did after that was when I got on him, I practiced the walk, trot, and canter. And part of the time I had to ride with out stirrups! I just don't like riding without stirrups for some reason, but my instructor said that I need to ride without stirrups more than I do now so I don't feel any difference riding with them and without. That is what ''I'' had to work on today as well, I also worked on keeping my heels down, which is sometimes very hard, especially without stirrups! All together I think Hershey and I did ok today, but we are improving all the time!

I LOVE my horse!!!!:)

Hey!! I'm finally writing a post again, I haven't written one for ever, but now I have a lot of catching up to do!!:). Hershey went back to training again for his second month about two weeks ago. He's doing pretty good now, though he just had a few little things that he needed work on, and I got to ride him and practice loping!! It was awesome! I can't wait until I get to have another riding lesson with him. I was thinking of all the reasons why I LOVE having a horse of my own to ride and every thing that comes with that wonderful privilege. I LOVE that GOD gave me this wonderful horse, so, I'm going to make a list of all the reasons why I LOVE having a horse of my own. 1. Horses are fun!!  2. I LOVE my horse   3. My horse LOVES me!  4. They are fun to ride!  5. Just the joy of knowing you have a horse to LOVE and care for!!!:) That's why I LOVE having a horse of my very own. Do you see how many times I used the word LOVE? That's right, 8 times, and now I'm going to use it three more times, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my horse Hershey, and I am very blessed to have him!!!!:) :)!!!

Different moods

Two days ago I did another training session with Hershey, it was awesome!! I loped on him!! It was so fun, I also practiced my posting, I have to practice more though, because I have to lean forward to get the motion to go with the rocking of the horse, and I can't do that unless I lean forward, which I can't do very well on Hershey, but I'm still working on that. Yesterday when I rode him he wasn't listening very well, it's kind of strange how horses can have a wonderful day, then the next isn't very good, that's what happened with Hershey. I was doing ground work with him and he wasn't listening, he wasn't turning, and he wasn't stopping or backing, but after my trainer got him in trouble, and made him work, he did great, I loped on him and stuff, it was awesome!

Hershey's story

I'm going to tell you all how I got Hershey like I said I would in my last post, he was caught in the wild from his Mustang heard when he was only two weeks old by Native Americans, then the Native Americans who captured him sold him at an auction, and another family bought him and raised him until he was about three years old. Hershey was not raised with other horses at the family's house, so he really didn't know how to be a horse! That might sound quite strange but it's true, so this lady who works at a vet bought him and raised him until he was six with her old mare, so he learned how to be a horse, then she gave him to this other lady who takes in horses that need homes. She then gave him to this high school student who worked with him for a year for her senior  project, but she couldn't keep him so she gave him back to the lady who takes in horses. My riding instructor knows that lady and found out about him, and worked with him a little bit, she said that he had a really good mind but Hershey has only been ridden about ten times, so he did not know much. So when I got him my riding instructor  said that she would train him and I could help. And that is how I got Hershey! It's quite a confusing story isn't it!

My horse and me!

Hi, I'm going to tell you all about how I got my horse, Hershey and what I started this blog for. Hershey is a Mustang, he is all dark, dark brown/black, very sweet and loveable, and  he is 8 years old. I am going to be helping my riding instructor train him. He is going to her house soon to be trained and I am going to help! Every week I will go to help her a couple times  and learn how to train a horse, and that is why I started this blog, I am going to Write all of my experiences and adventures while I learn how to train Hershey! so, this is somewhat like my online journal, I would like to thank GOD for this amazing opportunity to have and train my very own horse!! Personally, I believe that the horse is GOD'S most wonderful creature, (no offence to all the other ones!)So I hope you all enjoy reading about all the adventures Hershey and I have together!