Well my daughter mentioned yesterday that the daffoldils in the driveway are starting to show...yey I thought spring must be close by. Although winter hasn't been too horrendous ...but we do have a few official winter months still to come and they can be quite yuck.
Pony club only has a few unmounted rallies to go, which means I really need to get "Bubba" sorted out. Princess is still on loan to us and my daughter will be using her to finish off her "C" certificate". But I really need to know if Bubba can take her further. If not then I may need to start looking for a lease pony/horse before the season gets going. We won't ever sell Bubba, so we may lease her as a beginner novice pony with restrictions on jumping.
In a few more years when my daughter is older and a bit more experienced, she can use my horse Holden, although he is a big strong boy, he is also a gentle giant. She should go far on him.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
What winter again!
Well it certainly has been a while that I have updated my blog...and wow for a while there I thought I was never going to get back in again! All sorts of problems ...but.... persistence has paid off and finally I can edit my blog again....So with no more of a to do...lets get going.
Hmm where do I start, by the look of things my last blog was talking about how winter is at an end and summer is about to start. Hmm well its back to Winter again. Where has summer gone!!!!
The Dogs
Timmy the puppy really has no brains. I am beginning to think he has fluff in there! He is a sweet loving dog, but has no sense at all!
An example is that he hasn't really learnt that the fences we have here bite! So getting zapped, once, twice...well ...you think he would learn not to take shorts cuts by now! Alas no, so today he got zapped, yelped and came racing over to me and hid between my legs...daft dog!
I also hate to say it.. but I ran him over with the quad bike last month.... I was mortified of course. The dogs normally run beside the bike, far enough that i can see them or they race ahead. This day, Timmy decided, for what ever reason I will never know, that it would be a good idea to zip right in front of the bike! I slammed on the brakes but then heard a sickening thud. I stopped and then realised, the bike and tyres were still on top of him...Arghh! So I had to move it off him. It didn't help that we were on the limestone track. But he got away with just scratches and bruises. So no damage done.
Honestly one lucky dog. I did feel awful though and watched him like a hawk for a few days...I had these visions of major internal damage etc etc. But hes ok.....so has he learnt from this little experience...er...no. Had a few near misses the other day.
Ponies
Pony club and this years show season didn't go to plan for my daughter and her pony Bubba. We were at a PC rally and she was practising for the Prince Philip games. They did a nice turn around the end flag then my daughters pony let lose 2 big bucks. Yeah I hear you, all horses can buck, but this wee girl is a sweet pony and never has done that before. So i thought that it was a bit odd but anyhow it was at the end of the rally so all good.
Well all wasn't good! As we floated the pony home the float was moving an awful lot more than usual. Looking in the back Bubba seemd ok but long story short, she was going down when we turned right. Her left hip seemed to be out and she couldnt weight bear properly. So we turned her out for a while.
A decision was made to borrow a lovely old girl called "Princess" She is an RDA (Riding for the Disabled ) pony but plenty of life left in her. So my daughter took her to the PC camp, did dressage with her and did Pony club. Both had a ball.
As for Bubba, well she went for a little ride up the road the other day and seemed ok,so we will slowly bring her back into work and see how she is.
New Addition
We have a new addition to our family...a little kitten called "Missy" . We found her abandoned on the side of our rural road and she was near deaths door. She was skin and bone, to be honest im surprised she actually survived. But survived she did and she is thriving. I didnt have any intentions of keeping her, well i had 3 cats already , one a 16yr old going senile old boy. But things never turn out the way you expect and she has settled in at home rather nicely.
She is cheeky minx but so loving.
Hmm where do I start, by the look of things my last blog was talking about how winter is at an end and summer is about to start. Hmm well its back to Winter again. Where has summer gone!!!!
The Dogs
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| Timmy..with flappy ears! |
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| Such a good ball with fluff brains! |
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| Odie looking handsome! |
Timmy the puppy really has no brains. I am beginning to think he has fluff in there! He is a sweet loving dog, but has no sense at all!
An example is that he hasn't really learnt that the fences we have here bite! So getting zapped, once, twice...well ...you think he would learn not to take shorts cuts by now! Alas no, so today he got zapped, yelped and came racing over to me and hid between my legs...daft dog!
I also hate to say it.. but I ran him over with the quad bike last month.... I was mortified of course. The dogs normally run beside the bike, far enough that i can see them or they race ahead. This day, Timmy decided, for what ever reason I will never know, that it would be a good idea to zip right in front of the bike! I slammed on the brakes but then heard a sickening thud. I stopped and then realised, the bike and tyres were still on top of him...Arghh! So I had to move it off him. It didn't help that we were on the limestone track. But he got away with just scratches and bruises. So no damage done.
Honestly one lucky dog. I did feel awful though and watched him like a hawk for a few days...I had these visions of major internal damage etc etc. But hes ok.....so has he learnt from this little experience...er...no. Had a few near misses the other day.
Ponies
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| Bubba back in work again...all be it bareback! |
Well all wasn't good! As we floated the pony home the float was moving an awful lot more than usual. Looking in the back Bubba seemd ok but long story short, she was going down when we turned right. Her left hip seemed to be out and she couldnt weight bear properly. So we turned her out for a while.
A decision was made to borrow a lovely old girl called "Princess" She is an RDA (Riding for the Disabled ) pony but plenty of life left in her. So my daughter took her to the PC camp, did dressage with her and did Pony club. Both had a ball.
As for Bubba, well she went for a little ride up the road the other day and seemed ok,so we will slowly bring her back into work and see how she is.
New Addition
We have a new addition to our family...a little kitten called "Missy" . We found her abandoned on the side of our rural road and she was near deaths door. She was skin and bone, to be honest im surprised she actually survived. But survived she did and she is thriving. I didnt have any intentions of keeping her, well i had 3 cats already , one a 16yr old going senile old boy. But things never turn out the way you expect and she has settled in at home rather nicely.
She is cheeky minx but so loving.
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