redmone
Well-Known Member
Hi all!!
First, I've got a HUGE bottle of wine to share, so wine and haribos to all!
I can't stop chuckling so I thought I'd share this little tale with you.
Daughter had a lesson with an AWESOME instructor last week, who is working really hard on teaching Daughter and Dolly how to bend nicely, use backend and have a better head shape, eventually hoping to achieve something like an outline.
Instructor tried Dolly in a different bit - a neue schule (sp?) universal bit. She went much much better and daughter described her head like she was floating!!
She said (and bearing in mind this is 11 year old child language) that Dolly was really light and she felt like she didn't have to hardly move her hands - like she was responding to the odd little squeeze.
Now I don't know much about these bits. Whether they are soft or harsh (didn't look harsh) but what I soon found out was that they are ££££££!!!!!
So I had a word with instructor and she said, try it a few more times before buying, and I've been looking at bits of similar shapes, and generally doing a bit (hahaha!) of research in the meantime.
Well OH shouted downstairs before "how big is Dolly's mouth?" to which I gave the answer and thought no more about it.
He's been online and bought her a neue schule bit.
I had to laugh. He's not a complete novice and is VERY involved in everything we do with Dolly. In fact, he is awesome and me and the two Ds are very lucky. I was just really shocked.
I mean, I don't think I would have bought the bit. It's a lot of money for something that *might* be good and we know very little about. I would have asked instructor to buy it if I was getting one, so I got the right thing!!
He just said "she looked nice in it"!!!
Just posting here really to (secretly!) express my deep love for this chap. I mean I read all the posts about people who have "it's me or the pony" problems and OH's that have never been to their yard and here's mine shelling out hard cash just because he thought Dolly "looked good" in something. I now find out that he'd taken a photo of the one we tried out, against a tape measure, to ensure he could fulfil his plan.
He's such a dude.
This morning he was talking about the day I get a horse. It there was a heart smiliey I'd post it here!!!!
Anyway, no idea if this bit will be good, or if it will fit but am very impressed with the gesture!!!
Here's my happy Sunday night post! When I get chance, I'll do an update for anyone interested in my riding progress. I've been riding a new pony. A FASTER PONY!!!! Oooooooo I've soooooo got the bug now!!!
First, I've got a HUGE bottle of wine to share, so wine and haribos to all!
I can't stop chuckling so I thought I'd share this little tale with you.
Daughter had a lesson with an AWESOME instructor last week, who is working really hard on teaching Daughter and Dolly how to bend nicely, use backend and have a better head shape, eventually hoping to achieve something like an outline.
Instructor tried Dolly in a different bit - a neue schule (sp?) universal bit. She went much much better and daughter described her head like she was floating!!
She said (and bearing in mind this is 11 year old child language) that Dolly was really light and she felt like she didn't have to hardly move her hands - like she was responding to the odd little squeeze.Now I don't know much about these bits. Whether they are soft or harsh (didn't look harsh) but what I soon found out was that they are ££££££!!!!!
So I had a word with instructor and she said, try it a few more times before buying, and I've been looking at bits of similar shapes, and generally doing a bit (hahaha!) of research in the meantime.
Well OH shouted downstairs before "how big is Dolly's mouth?" to which I gave the answer and thought no more about it.
He's been online and bought her a neue schule bit.
I had to laugh. He's not a complete novice and is VERY involved in everything we do with Dolly. In fact, he is awesome and me and the two Ds are very lucky. I was just really shocked.
I mean, I don't think I would have bought the bit. It's a lot of money for something that *might* be good and we know very little about. I would have asked instructor to buy it if I was getting one, so I got the right thing!!
He just said "she looked nice in it"!!!
Just posting here really to (secretly!) express my deep love for this chap. I mean I read all the posts about people who have "it's me or the pony" problems and OH's that have never been to their yard
and here's mine shelling out hard cash just because he thought Dolly "looked good" in something. I now find out that he'd taken a photo of the one we tried out, against a tape measure, to ensure he could fulfil his plan.He's such a dude.
This morning he was talking about the day I get a horse. It there was a heart smiliey I'd post it here!!!!
Anyway, no idea if this bit will be good, or if it will fit
but am very impressed with the gesture!!!Here's my happy Sunday night post! When I get chance, I'll do an update for anyone interested in my riding progress. I've been riding a new pony. A FASTER PONY!!!! Oooooooo I've soooooo got the bug now!!!
