So I try and keep this blog only to horsey topics. I don’t give out many personal details unless they are equine related. I have to tell you a bit about my normal life though for you to understand this post. I just graduated in May with a master’s degree in a very competitive field. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Crossroads in Life?
Posted in Horse, Other Junk, tagged Horse, horses on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bedding Experiment Update
Posted in Horse, Other Junk, tagged Horse, horses on July 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So the picture above was taken 2 nights ago. That is how high I got the bedding to go…and to be honest it was not much higher then I used to do it this summer, maybe about 3 inches. For those of you who have no clue what I am talking about read up here. [...]
The Show I Didn’t Want to Go To – Part 2
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, X, tagged Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, horses on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1
Here is where the trouble started. I got on X and at first he felt fine. I didn’t have time for my usual 45 minute warm up since he was just coming back from work and I didn’t want to kill him so I just assumed that since he felt fine when I first [...]
Bedding Experiment
Posted in Horse, Other Junk, tagged Horse, horses on July 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So as most of you know I work at a horse farm part-time. During the summer I do the night shift which involves turning the horses out at 7pm and then getting the stalls ready for the horses in the morning so I clean the stall, scrub the buckets and refill them and reset hay. [...]
The Show I Didn’t Want to Go To – Part 1
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, X, tagged Dressage, dressage show, Horse, Horse Show, horses on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this show as you all read about here. By the morning I was in a much better place about it though. I had gotten to the point where I was just excited to be riding again. I just wanted to ride and if I had to put on [...]
Lori was right…
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, X, tagged Horse, horses on July 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My show goals for 2008 list I posted just a few weeks ago…the items in red were those I had given up on..
1) Get a 7 on my position
2) Break a 60%
3) Qualify for a year end award from ES
4) Warm up in the warm up ring like a normal person
5) Get a 7 [...]
X Show Update…
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, Medical, X, tagged Horse, horses on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a picture of X in his pony jail (his stall)…where he has been for the main part of the past 3 weeks. He just came back into work on Friday. I had entered weeks ago for the show at the local show grounds today. I had wanted to scratch but I missed the closing date so I wasn’t going to get [...]
The Auction House Scam
Posted in Horse, Other Junk, tagged Horse, horse slaughter, horses on July 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The long awaited post on the auction scam…
So there is a local auction house about 30 min from my house. I have known about it forever because it has a horrible reputation. Growing up, some of my trainers used to go there to buy lesson horses for like $100 at this auction. The horses would go for so cheap because this auction house was the last stop in the line. Many killer buyers frequented this place. A fun [...]
6 things I am proud of…
Posted in Horse, Other Junk, tagged Horse, horses on July 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I got tagged by Mrs. Mom over at “Oh Horsefeathers! And other related tails” to do the 6 things I am proud of meme. Don’t ask me what a meme is because I don’t know! I tend to have a big of an ego on me so this one would be easy if I talked [...]
So That’s Why My horse is limping!
Posted in Gennyral, Horse, Medical, tagged Horse, horses on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
See Fun Pictures Of the Fungus Growing In My Horses Leg Here…
For those of you new to this blog I should tell you that I own a horse that was retired last year after suffering a severe injury to his superficial digital flexor tendon. He is only 16 years old now and is already living [...]
