Lunging and Groundwork
Today began with some lunging instructed by me, performed by Kismet and Nikolette. Kismet came to us after the old owner couldn't keep him anymore, and as we have bred him we were only happy to take him back. Right now we are schooling him, so he can get a small rider at some point. He is a good boy, but has a lot of energy.
And as you can see on this picture, he might have too much energy - today at least xD He just ran and ran around and around for a while, before Nikolette got him cooled down enough to let him loose.
Which she did. He started bucking and kicking for a while, and then he was able to trot nicely again. He ran and bucked for quite a while though, as he can't run much in the pasture at the moment, as it's quite slippery from the ice and snow, so he really seemed to need a good galop!
When he has used the excess energy Nikolette was able to bring him back into the lunge, and give him some more schooling. After that I left Niko to her own devices, and left the indoor arena to go get another horse who needed training.
This is baby Cisco. He has just been taken from his mother at 7 months old, and brought into one of the too male pastures along with young Captain and the experienced and much older Rico. He seems to really have taken to Captain - who is roughly 1.5 years older than he is. And while Cisco has taken to Captain, Captain has really taken to Rico, whom he leans against if he gets unsure of anything.
When I called all three came running towards me, and I was able to snap this pretty, snowy picture! I am really adoring Cisco's colour against both his new blanket and the snow. He is a lovely boy!
And so I brought him directly to the arena. Nikolette was walking around with Kismet in short leadrope for a few minutes before she left the arena to Cisco and I.
Pulling off his blanket I did some light groundwork with him. Mostly moving forward and backwards by light pressure. He did a very good job he did!
Then I let him loose in the arena for a while. He enjoyed stretching his legs a lot, and switched between canter and galop time and time again. He is a lovely little lad, and I snapped a few pretty pictures!
He seemed slightly spooked though when Calypso entered the arena, and I had to speak softly to him to get him back on the lead, so I could put the blanket on him again and then lead him to the pasture.
He was able to shake of the anxiety fairly quickly though, so I am sure that with training he will end up not reacting to that at all!
FEATURING: BOE Cisco, BOE Kismet's Keener, Hera Cole, Nikolette Anderson, BOE Enrico & BOE Captain
TAGS: Luna BlueLake
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just started reading Loaded March by Footloose and shit its so good??? I’ve just come to part 8 of the series, Groundwork, and bro im so hyped to see how everyone will react to Merlin having magic!!! also how many parts does this have? every part i read i think it’s going to be the last and then I’m pleasantly surprised it’s not lmao
If you haven’t read the series yet you really should because damn it’s sososo good!!
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This week was all about steering and gymnastics 😄. Talisi was curious and motivated, like always, and I feel like we both learned a lot.
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Kirin design drafts by Tomohiro Furukawa
originally posted on May 2020 10:44 AM UTC with the caption: キリン紆余曲折 #スタァライト
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Groundwork - Living in Fear 7″ - 1993
Excellent, old-school emo.
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And I am back again!
Man, a lot has happened. After our colt passed away a few days after being born, we got a foster filly. She’s a KWPN filly who lost her dam shortly after birth and the introduction process went flawlessly.
I call her puppy, and she’s a strange character. She’s sweet, yet at the same time very distant. She likes to observe from afar and only approaches the two people that handle her daily (me, and my mum). By now she’s learnt to pick up her feet, she eats some big girl pellets and slowly learning to walk on the lead. She fucking hates it.
Syb is doing very well. I’ve gotten the green light a while ago to start groundworking both Syb and Uk. For Syb, as a yearling, it’s just light ‘work’. I wouldn’t even really call it work. I use liberty combined with clicker training and the only things we practice so far, are some basic things like standing tied, being rinsed off, backing up and following my body language. This was more to improve her respecting personal space and to allow us to play safely together. She’s loving it.
We did participate in a working equitation clinic, for the experience of being around ‘weird’ stuff. She did amazing and was not fazed by most of it. Friesians are just really smart horses, I’ve started realising more and more over the years. Intelligent, curious and often cool.
Uk had a bit of a break for motherhood but now we’re slowly getting back into work. I attempted liberty work first, but she was awful scared of the whip. Tried desensitising her to it; we are only using it as a “direction” tool, not as an actual whip, but it terrified her. That’s okay, so we stopped that. For now I’m focusing on long-reining/dressage in-hand and she’s picking it up well so far. Gives her a break from motherhood and Puppy the chance to race around the arena. She enjoys the attention.
I’ve also started riding again. Another boarder offered me to ride her horse now and then. I’ve been riding once a week and man it’s good to be back in the saddle, at the same time, god I’m out of shape!
Overall, I’m excited. I’m picking up equine photography more. I’m back in the saddle with a new mindset to just improve myself. And I’m learning a lot about groundwork in different ways than I had previously. Horse life is good!
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Talisi ❤. She's truly my soul horse. We're both disabled and not instagram models, but we fit together perfectly, and take eachother as we are. There is so much trust, from me to her, and from her to me. It's wonderful.
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