Cute and Furry

I suppose this has become a general catchup post with a lot of pictures. I still share photos on Instagram (linked on the right) all the time regardless of having time to blog if you want to follow along.

Mr. P grazing with his girlfriend Willow

My foot is finally starting to improve, although I still can’t walk completely normal I can ride just fine as long as I make sure the outside of my foot doesn’t touch the stirrup.

My favorite pair of breeches!

Fall makes for lots of grazing in the dark.

Things with Mr. P have been great. The special shoes combined with bringing back his toe further has really helped him. With the cooler weather he has been exceptionally spunky during rides which I love.

The spunkiest of ponies and a beautiful sunset

Stampede in the past week has finally started to feel like he’s progressing. I’ve been doing trot only for the last few weeks. At first I focused on getting him off my hands and using himself properly. Once he started to maintain himself during our rides I started upping the amount of time we trotted.

Field Stamp

My last 6 rides on him have really been great. I’ve been able to stop obsessing over lifting and pushing every single step and now can mostly set him up as I want and just provide little reminders as needed. It’s quite lovely. I hope it continues.

Sunset with Stampede

Yesterday I added a trot pole into our ride which went well. My plan is to get him solidly trotting a set of poles and trotting for 25 minutes per ride before I move on to canter. Honestly I’m nervous about cantering because I know that is what is most likely to make him sore so I will take my time. We have plenty of time.

Love this horse!

Happy furbeast

I’m also still playing with Willow. I shared her (and P) quite a bit when I first hurt my foot so there was almost a whole week where I didn’t ride her but now I’m back at it.

Field ride with Willow and my friend Jessica on P

Willow is such a beefcake these days and so much fun to flat around. Yesterday I was playing with her over the same pole I had set up for Stampede as well as doing some canter to walk and walk to canter transitions. She’s really responsive which makes it a lot of fun.

They love each other

Yesterday I also finally found the time and energy to clean both of my saddles and Stampede’s bridle. Then I cleaned up both of P’s bridles today. Love it when everything is clean at once!

Two clean CWD’s 🙂

Here’s hoping these great rides continue!