The Horse Project
Wow, a whole week has flown by since my last blog entry.
Sorry about that! My project this summer is my Norwegian Fjord Horse. Since I am interested in all things Scandinavian, I could not resist him when I saw him on Craig's list last Fall. I should have resisted him! I am a complete novice horse person. And he is way too smart!
Since getting him, I had only ridden him five times. But, some wonderful new friends came over last weekend and fitted him out with a saddle (hooray! no more riding bareback!), and a better bit, and a better halter. In fact they fully tacked him up! And it all fit! They spent a lot of time showing me how to work on ground manners, and gave me riding lessons! They are WONDERFUL! I am so thankful to the Lord for them!
Since our new friends were here, I have done ground work and ridden Haldor almost every day. The rides have been pretty exciting since he loves to trot (which I hardly know how to do!) and he loves to gallop! (something I'm getting the hang of!) We even jumped over a pile of logs! I was rehearsing in my mind the cues for backing up, (since Haldor doesn't back up at all well) , and Haldor decided I must be waiting for him to jump, so he did!
Sorry about that! My project this summer is my Norwegian Fjord Horse. Since I am interested in all things Scandinavian, I could not resist him when I saw him on Craig's list last Fall. I should have resisted him! I am a complete novice horse person. And he is way too smart!
Since getting him, I had only ridden him five times. But, some wonderful new friends came over last weekend and fitted him out with a saddle (hooray! no more riding bareback!), and a better bit, and a better halter. In fact they fully tacked him up! And it all fit! They spent a lot of time showing me how to work on ground manners, and gave me riding lessons! They are WONDERFUL! I am so thankful to the Lord for them!
Since our new friends were here, I have done ground work and ridden Haldor almost every day. The rides have been pretty exciting since he loves to trot (which I hardly know how to do!) and he loves to gallop! (something I'm getting the hang of!) We even jumped over a pile of logs! I was rehearsing in my mind the cues for backing up, (since Haldor doesn't back up at all well) , and Haldor decided I must be waiting for him to jump, so he did!
