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Showing posts with label Baby Doll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Doll. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2009
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
It took a LOT of courage but Lisa of Laughing Orca Ranch accomplished a major feat this Christmas, almost exactly one year after her fateful fall from Baby Doll. I was happy to witness the transition from fear to JOY as she sat astride her Paint mare for the first time since that fateful day.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
We're Gonna Have a Party! part II
Nadia: It's my birthday! Let's P A R T Y!!!
Val: Whoa, Nadia, I'm still setting up!
Annie: Hey, I'm all dressed up! It was so cold this morning that I got to wear a blanket. (This wasn't planned even though yesterday's post mentioned dressing up Annie! I couldn't stand seeing Annie shivering in the cold so I put a blanket on her, for the first time ever!)
Annie: Nadia, I don't know if Baby Doll is coming. It looks really bad out there.
Nadia: She'll come. It's her birthday tomorrow so this party is for her too.
Baby Doll: Whew, we made it! It is cold and wet out there! Look at all the snow on us.
Scout: So glad you made it, Baby Doll!
Nadia: Okay, let's get the photo shoot over and start the party!
Everyone has to wear silly party hats! Even you, Annie!
Annie: I guess it's not so bad, is it? I do look nice, don't I? 
Scout: Bobbing for apples! All right! Let me at 'em.
Scout, munching: Yummy, this is great! I can eat them all!
But, I better save some for the rest.
Baby Doll: Let me try! Let me try!!
Baby Doll: Blehh, Scout slobbered in the water.
Nadia: This is harder than it looked. Oh, yep, I got one!
But, I better save some for the rest. Baby Doll: Let me try! Let me try!! Baby Doll: Blehh, Scout slobbered in the water.Nadia: This is harder than it looked. Oh, yep, I got one!Yummm, apple water slobbers! 
Nadia: Oh oh, look at all that!
My, what a spread! Party hats and popcorn! Sweet oat cakes for us and carrot cupcakes for the humans. Apples, and bubbles and presents too!! Oh, and wine?!?
Nadia: My, that cake looks good! 
Nadia: How about seconds? 
(Considering the weather, isn't it fitting that the cakes are on a 'snowman' tray?)
Nadia: My, that cake looks good! 
Nadia: How about seconds? (Considering the weather, isn't it fitting that the cakes are on a 'snowman' tray?)Scout: I want some! I want some!!
Baby Doll: See, Scout, good things come to those who wait!
Annie: Go away, Scout! You had yours!
Annie: Just kidding! I still like you.
Three cheers for the party girls!
Happy 26th Birthday, Nadia!
Happy 16th Birthday, Baby Doll!!
Here's a great big thanks to Jackson and Lisa for all the assistance in horse handling and photo taking! Hope you had fun too!
We're gonna have a party! - song: Memory of a Free Festival, artist: David Bowie, album: Space Oddity
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Baby Grace
On Monday, I rode my neighbor's horse, Baby Doll, for her. Lisa had a riding accident on Christmas Eve and had to have knee surgery. Convalescing has been really slow and hard for her. Her horse hasn't been ridden since the accident. So, I ventured over to give Dolly a ride while Lisa watched. First, we ran her in my arena. She had lots of fun stretching her legs and running. She looked so pretty! Then I put her in my half breed bit (ringed snaffle and sidepull nosepiece) and english saddle. She is so much bigger than my little Arabs that I had to use a very thin pad on the saddle so the girth would fit around. Gosh, she looked good with the red pad though!
We worked on lateral flexion. She leans hard on the forehand and I'm used to a flexed neck. I want her to give a little more with her neck and not balance so hard with it. I don't feel comfortable with 6 foot reins. If she should decide to go into a bucking fit, she has her head. I also feel that when she spooked with Lisa, there was no way for Lisa to gather her up and stop her. I like a low head but not too low!
I feel like we had a good ride. The first time I rode her 8 months ago (has it been that long?) she wouldn't take any leg from me without pinning her ears and crowhopping. Now she accepts a little leg pressure easily.
I did lots of cirles and bending, like serpentines. When I ride, I always choose exactly where my horse will place their feet. It's like a little game. I head for this rock or that manure. I go to this place in the fence or around that barrel at exactly this distance from it.
I think we had a good ride although I definitely need to work on my equitation. It's hard when there's a camera along! anyway, photos from my ride are at Lisa's blog, LaughingOrcaRanch but I decided to include pictures I took up at the barn of her animals. Enjoy!
Baby Grace - song: Baby Grace, artist: David Bowie, album: Outside
We worked on lateral flexion. She leans hard on the forehand and I'm used to a flexed neck. I want her to give a little more with her neck and not balance so hard with it. I don't feel comfortable with 6 foot reins. If she should decide to go into a bucking fit, she has her head. I also feel that when she spooked with Lisa, there was no way for Lisa to gather her up and stop her. I like a low head but not too low!
I feel like we had a good ride. The first time I rode her 8 months ago (has it been that long?) she wouldn't take any leg from me without pinning her ears and crowhopping. Now she accepts a little leg pressure easily.
I did lots of cirles and bending, like serpentines. When I ride, I always choose exactly where my horse will place their feet. It's like a little game. I head for this rock or that manure. I go to this place in the fence or around that barrel at exactly this distance from it.
I think we had a good ride although I definitely need to work on my equitation. It's hard when there's a camera along! anyway, photos from my ride are at Lisa's blog, LaughingOrcaRanch but I decided to include pictures I took up at the barn of her animals. Enjoy!
Baby Grace - song: Baby Grace, artist: David Bowie, album: Outside
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