tasteofchristmaschaos
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Ever since the snow hit in November I have had no motivation to ride and Fella isn't the kind of horse who needs regualar riding to stay sane, so I thought what the hell, he can have the winter off.
Ever since the nicer weather started a couple of weeks ago I've been thinking about getting back in the saddle and since Monday its been lovely down here, so I decided to hop on today and have a poodle around.
It was lovely! Nice and sunny. Just went for a wander for about half an hour, with two impromptu trots (neither of which I asked for, he just likes trotting up hill and I figured as he lives out 24/7 he is used to a lot more than a dozen strides of trot in half an hour so I would let him)
He is such a good boy. 4 months off, only been at the new yard about 6 weeks now and he is safe as houses. The only scary thing we saw was a donkey who was refusing to move, so Fella just waited until it was out of the way and went past.
He did look look funny though - he wore his ride on sweetitch rug for the first time. He doesn't need it yet, just thought I would get him used to it ahead of time. He just looked at me like "Oh god, what are you going to put on me now..." According to the YM he looked like he was going jousting!
Anyone else bringing their horse back into work after the winter off? It's lovely isn't it!
Ever since the nicer weather started a couple of weeks ago I've been thinking about getting back in the saddle and since Monday its been lovely down here, so I decided to hop on today and have a poodle around.
It was lovely! Nice and sunny. Just went for a wander for about half an hour, with two impromptu trots (neither of which I asked for, he just likes trotting up hill and I figured as he lives out 24/7 he is used to a lot more than a dozen strides of trot in half an hour so I would let him)
He is such a good boy. 4 months off, only been at the new yard about 6 weeks now and he is safe as houses. The only scary thing we saw was a donkey who was refusing to move, so Fella just waited until it was out of the way and went past.
He did look look funny though - he wore his ride on sweetitch rug for the first time. He doesn't need it yet, just thought I would get him used to it ahead of time. He just looked at me like "Oh god, what are you going to put on me now..." According to the YM he looked like he was going jousting!
Anyone else bringing their horse back into work after the winter off? It's lovely isn't it!