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Updates & who knows what
Okay, so it’s been a while. I have been working with a mini, named reeses. He is only 38″ tall & cute as a button. I had to wait to start working with him because he was only gelded 2 months ago. He is doing really well & I hope to bring him home soon.
Paul has been working with Lookie a lot. I am going to post some videos of parts of his workout from today. I really do believe that Lookie & him are going to do great this winter. I think he might try to qualify for regionals. I don’t know. We will see.
Paul has been taking some lessons with lookie to work on his posture and Lookie’s relaxation. I believe that it is working. The pair is starting to look like a dressage pair.
I am hoping to post more often as I get back to being more active wth horses then I have been. I have been pretty sick since the end of July, but I am doing much better now, so let the horse games begin anew.
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Video & Notes
Okay, long time no blog. my husband & I have been very busy with Lookie. We had a good showing on Lookie in March & Lookie had been training very well. But, We had another very close call with Lookie’s feet again this month. Then, I got hurt. I haven’t been able to ride anything for over 10 days now. I just got the ability to type back. (thank god!) I am still trying to decide if I am going to be able to ride in the clinic that I signed up for in May.
Paul has been working Lookie both saddle-less & bridle-less. I decided to borrow some one’s video camera (thanks dad!) and video tape Paul & Lookie’s riding. I have posted a compilation to YouTube for everyone’s enjoyment. The video contains several clips. Paul working saddle-less & bridle-less (the is only a rope around Lookie’s neck), Paul riding Lookie’s canter in a saddle & halter (don’t totally trust him yet in the canter) & then Paul working Lookie traditionally.
Hope you enjoy.
Change of Jobs
Well, if you have been following my twitter posts (@lookielou), you know that we got Lookie a harness & a cart. I don’t think I have ever seen Lookie so happy to work. He loves the cart. We have been having issues with his legs, so it was decided that Lookie would become my driving horse.
We had gotten a harness for another horse, so we pulled it out and fitted to him (blinders & all). He never flinched. We then ground drove him for a couple days (dragging a trailer tire down a gravel driveway along with him) & then I ordered the cart. I got the cart & hooked him up. He was an angel. We went to the St. Sebastian River Preserve Area and drove him around. Same thing (a perfect angel) (see video below). We have continued to drive him. I am really looking forward to seeing his progress as we progress with his CDE/Driven Dressage Training.
Also, I didn’t get the best video from Paul & Lookie’s saddle seat class. I did get a good picture though.
I did post a video of my friend riding saddle seat in the same class. Below is the video of that. In the video, you do get glimpses of Paul and Lookie in the video as well. I was the best that I could get together. Bonnie is riding a Fjord horse, named Thor, in the class. She is also the one who talked Paul into riding Lookie Saddle seat.
Saddle Seat & The Wobbles
The last couple weeks have been used learning to cope with the changes in my life and learning all about driving. I have had balance issues for as long as I can remember (My mom used to called me a weeble-wobble) but back in October I had a really bad bout of vertigo and my balance has not been the same since. It has gotten to the point that riding has become hazardous to my health. It is not the horses, it is just me. So, I stopped working with Jack. After thinking about what I wanted to do with horses, I decided to go back to what I first started with. Driving. Dodger, my first horse, was a standardbred pacer in his previous life before I got him. My parents got him as a rescue. My mom broke him to saddle, but mom wanted to make sure that I knew how to drive as well.
So, I have been doing lots of research. minis, carts, ponies, events, etc. I went over to plant city to a HDT. it was cool. driven dressage, cones, and a marathon. I met some of the nicest people. I am still looking for the right horse, but as the news of my discipline change, I have been able to start to work with other people’s driving horses. I look forward to what the future holds for me.
On a another front, Paul is going to be riding Lookie saddle seat tomorrow at a local 4H show. I am going to do 2 halter classes with Lookie before hand with him as well. I will post the video of the class tomorrow (hopefully). Our friend, Bonnie, will be showing with Lookie in the saddle seat class. It is going to be a fun day!!!