BYC Café

[scottcaddy]

Good Saturday Morning

Bunny, It's good to see you!
Our rain is gone, it was ending when I did a 0400 weather check (make sure ice cream is still good)
Hope that You dry out soonest.
It looks like a strong pot of coffee to start off with for me at least.
Everybody, Have a good day!
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! Hope you guys dry out quickly. That is a lot of rain in a short time.
Woody is ready to have a sacrificial child get up there and sit and be led around. DS$ says that he is the first one up! Period!!!
Where is the child? He is off having fun up at Lake McConaughy this weekend......so I guess we will do some tarp work in the roundpen and then pony out some more. Less is more, less is more, especially with this dude. He would be real easy to rush things with and then it could all backfire later on. He is not like any other horse I have worked before. We are both learning things!

 

[scottcaddy]

Morning Margie

Woody sounds like he is a thinking horse, they can be so much fun and interesting to have around.
Good luck with him and DS$
I only got 3.25 inches of rain here the coast got groups more and is still getting some more.
I feel bad for Sir Sour and his area this weekend.

Scott

 

[Bunnylady]

Yeah, it looks like the effects may reach into the New England states . . . . I know they could use some rain, but not like that.

Margie, a sensible horse is such a pleasure to work with, isn't it? So glad your big boy has brains as well as brawn.

When I felt Syd was ready for weight bearing, I has her pack bags of feed from the car to the feed room for me. It was kind of funny watching her figure out what she had to do to balance the load. She went from that to carrying my daughter without any problems (frankly, she probably found it a relief - at least the kid would try to keep herself centered, the feed not so much!) Since everybody's too big to ride her now (she's 10 hands), whenever I think she needs a refresher, I get out a 'dummy' made from an old pair of jeans. I put fish tank gravel in the legs; so it weighs about 40 pounds. Not quite a substitute for a real rider, but at least it lets me know where her mind is.

Since we are now working on cart-training, Syd is back to hauling feed, this time in a garden cart. I've been long-lining her for ages, and she pulls a drag OK, but she still gets kinda wiggy about the shafts - so no way am I getting into anything she is hitched to. I really don't have the facilities to do this right, so I'm improvising left, right, and sideways - and hoping we all come out all right in the end.

 

[Bantambird]

I remember cart training ponies with my mom and dad as a kid. Did you ever hook up sleds in the winter? We would chain 2 sleds together and then the pony would pull us all. The second sled wouldn't take corners well, like crack the whip! Freckles ( the pony, half coal miner pony(probably Shetland)) just loved trying to take us for a fast ride just to shed the second sled, but the snow was so fluffy it was all in good fun. Memories!

 

[drumstick diva]

Bunny you sure know a lot about horses, and here I always figured you just had bunnies hopping around. Or else it's my amnesia again.

 

[scottcaddy]

Bunny you sure know a lot about horses, and here I always figured you just had bunnies hopping around. Or else it's my amnesia again.

Good Morning My Dear Diva

Bunny is the one who has the pony that wears different get-ups for parties and such.


like this.
Everybody, coffee's on and Have a Great weekend!
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning!
I know nothing about cart training, some about long-lining. What I do know is that this here coldblooded horse is unflappable and super curious. The narrow wooden bridge over the creek was a non-issue, so were the tents and backpacker pillow carrying people, and the kids throwing rocks in the river got a registered look because the rock they threw sounded like gunfire when it hit the other rock. Shadow could not turn her head fast enough to keep up with all of the chaos, but her feet were rock solid. She was a bit nervous about the bridge but DS# got her to stop in the middle and chill and slow down. My horse was the one looking like a spaz only because he is a higher energy horse ponying Woody. DS was like, What is wrong with him? I'm laughing, saying he is actually being a really good boy. So next on the training list are llamas and cows. Brutal Labor Day Camping Chaos can be checked off and bridge crossing too. Both passed with an A++. DS# said that was a fun ride plus we made it back just before a nasty storm hit. All good!

 

[sourland]

Who put my chair in the corner?

COFFEE - oh, there it is.

Third and final day of field trial was today. Back to normal tomorrow. I am ready for normal.

 

[Bunnylady]

Who put my chair in the corner?

I confess - it was me. I know how you are about your "comfort zone," so I set it there to make sure your chair would be available for you when you came in.

I am ready for normal.

Like that'll ever happen!