Alive and Well

Here, finally a picture of Gypsy, showing you she really is alive and well! I got really....REALLY bored today and "braided" this into her mane. Ok, its not really a braid, but what do you call this? I believe it's called a spiderweb, but no matter what name they call it by, it looks awesome :) Gypsy was wonderfully patient while I put it in, which is good because it took ages.

Everybody that saw it today at the barn commented on it, ha. On a sidenote...looking at this picture, I notice she is in great weight right now...wow. Thats nice, I like that. Now if we can only keep it there for the winter!

Anyways, I know it's Thursday, but I didn't go work horses at work because my back is trying to murder me. It hurts to bend... or do much of anything. I think I'm going to break down and find a chiropractor around here to go to. Fix me!

So um Yes.

I couldn't think of a decent title for today. So bite me.
Anyways, life continues as normal. I have been working miss Gypsy, I started again at work and have been working with Beary and Cheyenne. Beary pretty much retained everything I taught her last year, which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. She is no-fuzz calm about being lunged, saddled, driven, you name it. She doesn't care all that much. Riding, now, that is her tough part. HA! She tends to think moving forward off pressure is more of a suggestion than a command. She was being real naughty about it yesterday, so out came the good old riding crop. I ask nicely, a little less nicely, demand it, and if still nothing, whack! It didn't take too long before she realized it may be a good idea to just walk forward. And she was walking out too! Not a horrible poke along slow as molasses walk. So I call it a success. A minor success, but for lazy Beary, moving forward is a big step for her.
I also rode Cheyenne, and boy was she being a pill! I think it was official be crazy day. She was so mad that I took her out of the grassy pasture and asked her to work! She tried to bite my feet...and not just the little oooh, nip your toe! No...She reached around and tried to take my foot off. So she got in some big trouble too. And then she got over herself and worked quite nicely. So I suppose that is success too.
And Gypsy, yes my little Gypsy midgit mare. I rode her with a friend from the barn down to the river a few days ago. And it went well, nice and fun. Rode into the river and splashed around- yes you read right- Gypsy went in the water and didn't fuss! All was great, then we started back, Gypsy spooked, hopped, I fell off balance, saddle slippage....Me on the ground, Gypsy running off into no man's land. AH! So I ran and found her.. So yesterday, being the stubborn person I am, decided to take her back there and have a GOOD return trip. So bareback and alone, we walked to the river. And she was perfect! Nice and calm, right into the water. Splashed around, got wet, yay for good times. And we walked back very very carefully. And....all was well. YAY! So I was happy with miss pony. But one of these days I need to work on her canter transitions and such in the arena, instead of always screwing around on trail rides. Ha, I figure that is what this winter will be for, when La Nina shows her ugly face and drenches us with so much rain that we all want to die.
Sorry I am stingy and haven't posted pictures...let alone the lost lost videos. Not having internet at my house makes life very difficult. So I can't upload pics when I'm on school computers, and every time I try to upload the videos, blogger website has a heart attack and doesn't want to upload. Very annoying.

The Elusive Videos

Ok, I swear they really do exist...really. Blog is being really irritating and won't let me upload any. And the other two I wanted to stick on here were on my mom's phone. And now those finally live now on Facebook, but who knows how to move them onto here from there? Not me... Sad, sad day for me. One day I will figure out this whole video scenario.
Anyways, rode Gypsy today again. She has been fabulous lately, although I haven't been working on her canter at all, shame on me. Her walk and trot are lovely though. And today I rode her bareback out on our little trail thing, and walked down to the river! The path is clear to get out there, if not a little brambley and rough. But we got there, and I convinced Gypsy to walk in the water a little bit! Very fun
Also started work again at the old barn, and I played with Beary and Cheyenne on Tuesday. They were good! Beary remembered more than I'd hoped for, and isn't being spooky or stubborn. She let me ground drive her a little bit, and I rode miss Chey walk trot canter. She is very very grouchy at the canter, which is kind of what she was doing before. It confuses me, maybe she needs her back worked on? Or maybe she is just being a turd and needs to be pushed through it. I will work the kinks out of my old project pony!