Looking For A Trainer

 Ambleside is 2.25 years old now and its time for her to start learning new things

So today we had Nina come out to give us a lesson

We learned how to move forward without stepping into my bubble and I learned how to make her move.

It was $45 for about a one hour lesson, which is longer than I've ever worked with her before but a good price. 

I've got a few things I will be working on:

leading without walking into me

lunging, not a lot

changing directions

standing tied

Amble wearing a surcingle and a bit

I'll be purchasing a few things for her in the next couple weeks:

5.25" copper loose ring bit

Cob bridle

The bridle I have will fit her but I'd like her to have her own. 

Joey has his own and Wifi has we own.

I've done this all before with Joey & Wifi but had assistance, this is my first horse without help.

Ambleside weighs about 1600 IF my calculations are correct but it seems a little heavy.

Others Peoples Bullshit

 I've been interested in Endurance Riding on horseback for a long time, for as long as I've had my own horses, half my life, but I've never done it. I've been on long rides, a few long poker rides that were 20=25+ miles long.

At our old farm Sarah did it with her mare and got Top 10 at her very first ride, a 50 mile ride. 

People at the ride were NOT encouraging, 

they totally told her it was beginners luck and not due to her knowledge and skill. I know she had that mare fully in condition, she trainer her up well. Went out riding 3-4 times each week to build stamina and trust.

So the point I'm getting at is that the 4,400 members of the group don't want there to be stand alone 25-35 mile races, they say its not endurance. I call bullshit on that, those are the people who are working toward the 50-100 mile races. 

those bitches need to pull their heads out of their asses.

I have Amble and I want to try it with her in about 5 years and of course I'll go shorter distances first and spend years getting her fit. 

Gypsys have great endurance but she might not personally enjoy it but no matter what, I want to do trail riding with her. I also want to train her to drive.

Camping

We loaded up the camper & sxs and headed out for the cousin reunion 

Stopped at Hyak to explore the old train tunnel

Soren thought that was pretty cool

Camped at Liberty for the night

It was about 97* so the guys had fun panning for gold in the creek

Arrived at Conconnully at 2:30pm Friday

Went out for a night ride with cousin Kyle, Brooke & their son Blake

Friday morning went up to China Wall

Then explored the old Gold mine above the wall

I picked up CUTE new PJs for the trip

 

Horses This Week

I love my horses!

Wifi is used to the fact that she will spend most of her day inside the round pen, not eating all the pasture grass. We let her out for an hour each morning and then she will walk into the pen from wherever she is in the pasture. Then she lets us put the fly mask onto her head.

Joey lets me put the fly mask on him as well.

Ambleside doesn't like the fly mask, she doesn't like fly spray & she doesn't like dewormer either.

 

Summer Fun

The greenhouse is built and there are a few plants in it.

There is 1 bell pepper plant

there are 11 sweet peppers

and there are about 10 pot plants

Outside the greenhouse there is a raised bed full of potato plants

There is a bed with a few volunteer tomatoes

and there is a bed with more volunteer tomatoes and basil, chives, a different pepper and something else

We went for a drive up to Mt Rainier yesterday and that was NICE. Took the car out to Enumclaw to pick up some tools for his work and then out Hwy 165 to Evans Creek. The road to Mowich Lake is closed and thats a bummer.

Wifi had gotten way too fat so I put her on a diet. Shes lost about 200 lbs and looks good but shes still very lame and it might be Navicular. Shes in the round pen 90% of the time they're in pasture and I'm feeding her grass hay. Joey & Amble are on the grass and get alfalfa at night in the barn.

This photo was from February.

 

Greenhouse

 The greenhouse isn't finished yet, we took that 2.5 week long Vegas Desert vacation and even though we've been home a week, I just haven't gotten back out there to finish it. Most of the metal is put together. We still need to assemble the doors and the ceiling vents.

Every time we work on it we get into an argument.

Vegas Never Disappoints

 

These photos aren't of Vegas; thats because we don't spend a lot of time in the city. These are a few of the 500+ photos I took of our trip.

Pink gun is the smallest gun I've ever seen & it honestly shoots.

Silver City, Idaho

Mining

Sunsets

We get up & stay up to see as many sunrises and sunsets as we can

Yellowstone

I got a ladder out of this mine but not THIS ladder

I wonder if it can pierce the skin?