BunnyDog
Well-Known Member
Hi Guys,
Generally there's not much to report here but I thought since our countries and lives are all being run in the proverbial blender on a daily basis that maybe it would be useful to check in and say Hello.
I rode Cudo 2 nights ago for 15 mins. It was lovely. Walk and trot great.... Lengthened gallop...errr "canter" is definitely in the "IT'S SPRING MOM>>>> LETS GET ON WITH IT" mode. So we didn't do much. LOL.
I had ridden for a month or so between November and December. We did his 1 jump school that I shared here mid December and then winter hit. We haven't been very cold. In fact it's been quite nice temperatures, for us anyway. But what we got a lot of was swinging shifts between everything frozen, and then pouring rain so everything was saturated. On a good day my ring takes 2 days to dry so by default I got knocked out of regular work. Plus lets face it... winter in Pennsylvania is a fabulous time to turn a horse out and let them be as wild or not as they like. So that's what we've done.
In February I was more motivated and rode for maybe 5 days straight....then it rained.... for 4 days. SO we waited. By then I was looking at my scheduled first show of 4/28 and thought it'd be fine.
As the virus started spreading more I started to realize that maybe more rest wouldn't hurt. So I let them stay on their schedule and as luck would have it we have been doing some slight remodeling work on our house. It's been completed resided and we are re-doing the first floor bathroom and the guest bath upstairs is next.
So we've done very little and as I watched the shows cancel I have been honestly more than a bit pleased that I had not started pressuring the boys to be fitter and work harder for a season that while maybe it's not all gone, it's certainly a better play to prioritize our horse's wellness and return to show fitness in a planned and purposeful method.
Chad is sort of in work too. And he really needs to be worked this year but right now that probably equates to 2-4 rides per 10 days and that's still a huge increase after the issues he faced last year (Hives, Hole in hoof, more hives, fungus)
I am one of the lucky ones... my job allows me to work from home 8 hours a day (so far) and so I am still as busy as ever even as the hospital is only seeing emergency cases. (Large Animal University hospital)
Left and right my Facebook friends are getting laid off of put on temporary leave, or for some their bosses can't take the agony of talking to them so they've just stopped talking altogether.
John (my husband) is working from home and the company he works for has a plan to get through it. (We hope)
The dogs think it's absolutely fabulous that we're home all day. Right now our county has 27 active cases of the virus, as such the Governor has decreed that we have to stay at home (Unless we are a part of a life serving essential business.) We are permitted to go to the grocery store, the gas station (Where we are all realizing we need to wear gloves and wipe down the pump before we touch the pump) and pet stores or feed supply stores.
So it's not awful for all, but it sure is challenging. I hope you all are doing well and staying as safe as possible.
Hopefully we'll get a better update in the not too distant future.
All my best,
Emily
Generally there's not much to report here but I thought since our countries and lives are all being run in the proverbial blender on a daily basis that maybe it would be useful to check in and say Hello.
I rode Cudo 2 nights ago for 15 mins. It was lovely. Walk and trot great.... Lengthened gallop...errr "canter" is definitely in the "IT'S SPRING MOM>>>> LETS GET ON WITH IT" mode. So we didn't do much. LOL.
I had ridden for a month or so between November and December. We did his 1 jump school that I shared here mid December and then winter hit. We haven't been very cold. In fact it's been quite nice temperatures, for us anyway. But what we got a lot of was swinging shifts between everything frozen, and then pouring rain so everything was saturated. On a good day my ring takes 2 days to dry so by default I got knocked out of regular work. Plus lets face it... winter in Pennsylvania is a fabulous time to turn a horse out and let them be as wild or not as they like. So that's what we've done.
In February I was more motivated and rode for maybe 5 days straight....then it rained.... for 4 days. SO we waited. By then I was looking at my scheduled first show of 4/28 and thought it'd be fine.
As the virus started spreading more I started to realize that maybe more rest wouldn't hurt. So I let them stay on their schedule and as luck would have it we have been doing some slight remodeling work on our house. It's been completed resided and we are re-doing the first floor bathroom and the guest bath upstairs is next.
So we've done very little and as I watched the shows cancel I have been honestly more than a bit pleased that I had not started pressuring the boys to be fitter and work harder for a season that while maybe it's not all gone, it's certainly a better play to prioritize our horse's wellness and return to show fitness in a planned and purposeful method.
Chad is sort of in work too. And he really needs to be worked this year but right now that probably equates to 2-4 rides per 10 days and that's still a huge increase after the issues he faced last year (Hives, Hole in hoof, more hives, fungus)
I am one of the lucky ones... my job allows me to work from home 8 hours a day (so far) and so I am still as busy as ever even as the hospital is only seeing emergency cases. (Large Animal University hospital)
Left and right my Facebook friends are getting laid off of put on temporary leave, or for some their bosses can't take the agony of talking to them so they've just stopped talking altogether.
John (my husband) is working from home and the company he works for has a plan to get through it. (We hope)
The dogs think it's absolutely fabulous that we're home all day. Right now our county has 27 active cases of the virus, as such the Governor has decreed that we have to stay at home (Unless we are a part of a life serving essential business.) We are permitted to go to the grocery store, the gas station (Where we are all realizing we need to wear gloves and wipe down the pump before we touch the pump) and pet stores or feed supply stores.
So it's not awful for all, but it sure is challenging. I hope you all are doing well and staying as safe as possible.
Hopefully we'll get a better update in the not too distant future.
All my best,
Emily