Long lost work ponies

I finally made my way back to work! I should be given a big F for failure for not going much. But today was sunny and lovely, and they just finished the new outdoor arena. So I went to try it out, and it is great!! So much better than the indoor, I will actually enjoy riding in here. It's nice and big with lots of room, and a nice sandy footing. A tad deep right now, but give it a month of riding and it will pack down a little.

Anyways, I worked miss Beary today. She was amazing! Did everything perfect today. I am sort of reverting back to drive-training her instead of under saddle. I can't help it! Just look at her, she is just begging to be hitched and drove around a parade or something! She is so adorable in harness, and she really has a great temperament for it. And it comes so easily to her- she does it like a pro and its been ages since I've worked on it with her. So I harnessed her up and lunged her, then ground drove her around. Turning, stopping, backing, trotting. She did everything awesome. Yay! So I brought out ye olde training cart that kind of resembles nothing but a hunk of twisted metal that hapens to have wheels. Haha, desensitizing and de-scarying is all its really good for now. And if she gets weird and hurts it? Well, who cares? It can't get worse than it is now! So she was a little wary of the cart at first but got pretty chill with it. I was by myself though so it was a little difficult doing that part. Might convince somebody to help me next time.

Also rode Cheyenne today. I am starting to ride her in a more advanced bit now. It's about time she progresses in her training a little. My boss has this really bizarre looking bit...Its got a medium sized port, with circle snaffle-looking cheeks. But its got a small ring you can hook reins to that gives a little bit more leverage. And then on top of it all is this weird black thing that goes over nose under chin like a noseband, but in a strange parelli-lets-make-this-totally-weird way. Anyways, Chey was pretty good. I don't think she liked how deep the footing was. She walked and trotted pretty well, but her canter was having some big issues. It's so weird. I always have issues with her canter. I would say I think she has hock issues, but she canters on lunge without a problem. But under saddle she got all upset and pissy, wanted to buck a little, and kept breaking out of gait. Hm. So I rode her around in the arena, then took her outside into the field. And her attitude sure changed! She loves riding outside, and we trotted and even cantered in a big circle out there. And zero problems with the canter. She picked it up right away and kept in it until I asked. Okay..... Well the footing was just grass so maybe she liked that better? Maybe if she has hock issues the deep sand footing would make the problem worse? Who knows. All I know is Cheyenne was great outside, we walked through this big water puddle pond lake thing in the pasture. Sucess. I like this picture of her! She looks sooo quarter horse in it, ha. You can't see the percheron at all!

Oh and It was so adorable. I was bringing Beary through the indoor arena to take her to the outdoor. The minis were in the indoor arena- the mom and the 6 month old baby. And oh boy was the mini colt so interested in Beary! She whinnied to her and ran all around her, she sniffed her and nibbled on her fluff. And much to my suprise, Beary loved the little guy! She nickered to him and sniffed noses. They were best buddies! Ha! And then when I took Cheyenne through the arena, the colt tried to do the same thing. But ohhh no, Cheyenne would have none of that! Pinned ears, swishy angry tail!