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!!!!:) :)!!!

Hershey's home!

Hershey is home now, he has been home for about 3 weeks,  but I have not written any posts for awhile.  He's doing pretty good, but sometimes he has some problems I have to work on. He does not stop when I longe him when I ask and he's getting a little pushy. I went to a lesson with him and my trainer helped me get him back on track. I also learned some new exercises to do with him.  He 's doing better now, thank you Lord for letting me have such an amazing horse, this is a dream come true! I've been riding him too. It's so much fun! We also might be joining a 4-H group!  Here is a picture of him at home.

 

 

 

I'm happy!

I posted!! I'm so happy that I finally can do it, Hershey helped me do it to by listening to me. I did liberty with him, and I practiced putting the bridle on him too. I can't believe how much Hershey and I have learned over the past month, we're bringing him home in two days! We rehearsed what we're going to do when he gets home, I can't wait! After my lesson with him, Hershey's trainer, my mom and me went to the tack store to look for a saddle, bridle, bit and reins, we are going tomorrow to buy them, I can't wait till Hershey comes home!

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!

How to bail off

Yesterday I rode Hershey, and I had fun! We practiced obstacles, trotting, and backing. I did a lesson with two other people. We practiced the emergency bail off, it hurt! But it was fun! We started by having our horses walk by a tarp, then we would swing our leg over, jump off, and roll away from the horse. We practiced that a lot and my riding instructor said I did it right because I got a bruise on my shoulder. I asked how I did it right, she said it was because I got a bruise and  not a broken bone! And we even rode bare back when we did it, it was so fun!