Quiet Sunday at the barn

 I have been going over to the barn on Thursdays with Val since the summer. Its a wonderful thing.

I can tell that Val helping me bring Beau in and doing the supplements have made a difference on him.

Tokday I was worried about how Beau was acting in the arena.

I brought him into the barn, let him eat hat in his stall very happy. I was able to give him lots of carrots, and split an apple with him. He is so sweet really trying but in the arena toda he was different.

Most days I will let him run in the arena, its been raining for 2 days and the mud in his paddock is unusual. I brought him out today instead of working him in his paddock like I always do.

When I closed the door of the barn, put up the poles and brought him out.

He walked around, he rolled and he ran real quick and pranced back to me at the rail.  He also walked some while I cleaned teh ailse.

We did the backwards steps but before that after he ran around and rolled, we was walking the edges when I cam into to see if he wanted to lunge with me.

I saw him walking, so I joined him, I always have in the back of my mind when he used to get very aggressive in the arena.  It made me worry but for just a minute but I do not take any of his good behavior for granted.

I think because he is basically happy to see me, knows that he can take some time to graze, knows that I will let him in his tall first to grab some hay and water and just relax, knows I have an apple for him, knows that I am there to see him, sees me do chores around the barn. KNows that I will give him some physical attention and will do his favorite things liek his tricks.

He was also volunteering ot lift his leg for me, I like that alot.

Happy Sunday Supplements, saddlework, and just nice day

 Went over late today.

Its so nice without all of the personalities. Its just Dakota, Peanut, Chewy, Dusty, Tess, Serenity, Muck and Beau.

I am always able to relax, use the barn, walk around, do my supplements, spoil the other horses and feed the kitties.  

Beau is just fine with the horses being less.

• I tacked up Beau
• Brushed him out
• Did his supplements on the ground in front of his paddock, he liked it and was able to get snacks and some love.
• Checked his water and it was much better than last week when I had to fill a few of tthe buckets because they were empty.
• His paddock has alot of poop, I wanted to cldean it up but I was too busy
• I am workig with Beau to get him to lift his hoof, hold it and NOT to slam it on the cement after I have picked or just looked at it.
• I am hoping he becomes gentler.

On Thursday's visit before Val's lesson at Flying Change, Val and I go over to the barn and just hang out with Beau, she sees how hes been doing, I will start doing some stuff iwth him in the arena and letting her watch.

We have been working on the tack that Flying Change gave me, the saddle. Luckily Beau can use Duke's old english tack, pad, girth and the leathers from the stubben that I bought but it fell apart at the seems that put it together.

She is very interested in him.

We wen to the gate and while I was getting him out and explaining that a chain is not a bad thing its good to sue on a horse when you need extra protection that he doens pull on me and maybe dump me on th eice.

He made me proiud when he lifted his hoof when I tapped him.

Valerie's lessons at Flying Change Plus a Beau visit

 Nice day but the nights are getting dark quickly. Va's lessons start at 430 and its Oct 8, its light for a while now but it will soon be dark earlier in the lesson. I was sitting on the back of my truck. I backed the Ranger into the end right at the fence, I was having a hard time jumping up on the back but ended up scooting instead.

It was a great lesson. there were 2 other students, one teenager on Jerry the Fjord and another girl about Val's age but not as comfortable riding and Valerie was on Pumkin, her champion mare.

Val had all the answers, on posting, equitation, keeping her reins collected and so much more.  She was able to control her horse and navigate through the cones perfectly.

I was very proud and then at the end, I get to take her for the trail ride around the barn then we are done. We need to jump off the horse and run over to see Beau.

There we were able to quickly sweep the aisle 

I was able to take Beau out and get him on the coxrss ties and then sort of tack him up iwth the new saddles and tack.  

I showed off how Beau was a great listener and he was pretty gentle with her. I know that he wants to try to be a good boy. Now I think I will try and walk him just for her this winter.

We also need to use the arena now that all of teh stuff is out of it.

I sort of hate how they jus tleave stuff around the so you cant use the barn w/o having to clean up.

Val was impressed how I just tapped Beaus leg and he lifted his hoof up for a couple of seconds.

Id like to work with him even more.

Val said, "You have been working with him training!"
I was feeling proud of Beau's great behavor.

We gave all of the horse and fed the goats too.

Ran up the hill to see if the deer were grazig in the paddocks, and they were.

I loved seeing them just relaxing and grazing.

I love how I can help with the class, I was able to 

Next Day, able to work out with Beau in his paddock, Tractor & backhoe in the big paddock

 Tried to get to the barn early enough to catch Bonnie with payment for Sept and Dentist all in cash and still wonderful day today. 68 degrees blue sky, 
Becasue the guys were working in the big paddock, they put Peanut and Dakota next to Beau, he was delighted. He likes to stay around the back edges of his paddock. ITs so nice but I need to clear it fror him.

He was so happy, we worked on our steps backward, turns around and he was very excited to pick up his feet. I spent plenty of time with him, was able to give the kitties some food, althought they were busy chasing tings in the field in the bak of the barn.

They way there were scraping the large outside paddock and even spread the sand that had piled up in the center.  Jeff mentioned the he requessted that they make that paddock an outside ring. I owuld love that but Im not sure that they will get this place nice again like when I first moved there with Duke 10 years ago. I was so happy to be at a place like Greenwood. Bonnie was very dependable as a manager of the barn and it was so much cleaner and better cared for then it is now.

Well today I only check on things because yesterday I had gotten all of the supplements done for about 2 weeks and also put the liast of the pieces of the english saddle for Val together for Beau.

I enjoyed working with Beau in his paddock, gave lots of snacks toeveryone at the barn.

Its like a New Greenwood now, quiet deer grazing horses peaceful

 I wait iuntil the afternoon, I had working on the leathers to get the english saddle ready for Beau and Val.  
its exciting, Last week I found the girth for the english in my old tack box. I thought it maybe too rough. It cleaned up nice.  
This Thursday I got the leaters off the old stuuben. It was so hard to get them. off, the leather was hard, had gotten wet and was very dry and had some mold.

I threw them in my truck in the back and made a plan to clean them up  on Saturday mornig; I couldnt find any saddle soap and the Austrailian leater treatment stuff said it cleaned leather tool

I took a wet rag and cleaned off all the foreign matter and dirt.  put the paper bag on the back of my truck and gave them a big cleaning covering the leater with the oiltment type of cleaning. Left it on for like 3 hourse before leaving for the barn around 2pm.

When I got to the barn it wsa beautufl around 65 degrees, blue skies there were some bugs around the paddocks.

Beau was spending time at the other side of his paddock.

I knew I had to do the supplements and try to put the saddle together. I had forgotten alot about how the stirrp leathers go. I ordered the peacock stirrups rubber bands that go on the 

Val taking lessons at Flying Change Stables very fun

 

Day visit to Barn - New paddock is working "ok"

 yesterday I was able to go over to the barn and spend some time with Beau. Because he is down in the old paddock, next to Dusty, he sees me drive up and go into the barn. He will watch me go back and forth to do my chores and I see him see me. He never was able to see me when he was up on th ehill until the last minute after I came out of the back door of the barn, and then start walking up the hill.

Now when I pull into the barn he sees my truck and knows its me.

I was going to do stalls this morning and then I was contacted by Mindy to come into work early at 12, so I am hoping to have a full schedule this week, working Friday and Wed.

Id rather go to work in Lexington than Door Dash to doing stalls.

Well there is a new behaviors with him at the lower paddock. He does not like the mare Tess next to him and last weekend he had a kicking insident while I was in the paddock with him. THey both go defensive and then turned and back kicked each other. Krystyn said its becasue I wa sin the paddock with him. I always go into his paddock but I think its because he does not want Tess to get any attention from me. It looks like he was jealous. He doesnt seem to be jealous with Dusty well at least he did not last spot.

Now when he sees me at the barn and I was going into the barn, he nods his head up and down, so cute its never happened before. He is looking for attention form me, affection.