From my girl's point of view!

My person has decided to start a blog from her point of view. Go check it out at http://twosillymares.blogspot.com/

She's gone again :(

My girl is gone again. She's off to 'college' until summer, so until then, Amy Barn Owner, Ally Friend of Katie, and Mother of Katie are all riding me and playing with me. I guess it is okay, but they aren't MINE. Katie's Mom tells me that she misses me and gives me love from her. She says maybe next year I will be going with her to the strange foreign place that she goes!

So until she returns, I won't be blogging much; Katie does the typing for me, and with us separated so far apart, it is hard for her to read my thoughts accurately. So we will wait to be reunited and happy again!

I am voluptuous! Hehehe

Everyone loves a girl with curves ;) and I am the curviest of them all!!!!! Despite my small stature of 15hh, I have managed to fit into a 38cm XW tree saddle that was custom built for a CLYDESDALE! 

Katie is grumbling about it because it means that it will be extra hard to find a saddle worthy of my voluptuous back, but I think it means that I am just so incredible that all the saddles made for boring regular horses can't handle all of dis curvy bodacious sass. ;P

My ex-nemesis, now bestfriend, Chelsea, is a fellow curvy babe. We gotta stick together and scratch each others' back. Can't trust a skinny mare with back scratchin'

Note from the editor (Katie)

Saddles. Good lord, I hate searching for a new saddle. And it doesn't help that I have the most round, wide shouldered, sensitive backed, weirdly shaped horse ever.

About a year ago, I had to go through the search to find a dressage saddle for basic flatwork training of the mare. With the help of a saddle fitter, I took multiple road trips to multiple tack shops multiple times, looking for a decent fit. 16 saddles later, I found one that was out of my price range, but I sucked it up in order to get the (only?) saddle that fit my horse. And then it needed to be reflocked, dropping even more money into it. (***EDIT: Now this saddle no longer fits because LITTLE MISS SHOULDERS had to go and get muscled. So now we need TWO new saddles***)

Now, I am looking for a jumping saddle, hoping to start teaching the beast to jump in the summer (when I get back from school). Like the first attempt with the dressage saddle, I set out to find "a cheap saddle that could work." Cue unrealistic expectations.

Now it seems that I will be partaking in another exhausting region-wide search to find a saddle that fits Beauty and me, probably spending much more than intended.

UGH. BEAST, Y U SO WEIRDLY SHAPED?

A difference of expectations...

It has come to my attention that my person and I have very different goals for the coming year. Examples:

My goals for the year:
-Eat
-Investigate everything
-Nap
-Occasionally a ride with Katie
-Be awesome

Katie's goals for the year:
-Good canters!!!!!!!
-Start jumping under saddle
-Hacks (without spooking at everything)
-Trips off property to get used to riding in new places (prep for shows)
-Showing intro level dressage tests
-BRING PONY TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Generally being awesome/getting more awesome

So you see, Katie's list requires effort on my part and hard work. And concentration, which I tend to lack--HEY LOOK AT THAT! oh sorry, what was I saying?

Unfortunately, Katie will not be here for some of this, since she has 'college' so Amy Barn Owner will be riding me, and maybe some other people, like Amigo the Appy-loosa's owner and my boyfriend, Andy's, owner.

ALL THE THINGS!

MY GIRL CAME BACK! She is on break from 'college' and so she is home for SIX WHOLE WEEKS!

 

This is my best "GIVE TREATS NOW" face. Katie calls it "moose nose"

Anyway, we have done ALL the things. We have ridden lots, including canters and we have done free jumping, where I showed off my perfect form over 3' (who says Morgans can't jump!?)

My proud face!

I have shown her that I have made friends with my former enemy, Chelsea.

And we played in the first snow of the season! We lunged in a big field and then rode a little, but Katie did not get any pictures, since she was too busy trying to get me to calm down (but it was SO exciting, how could I be CALM?) So we just got pictures afterwards of us playing in it.

I like having my girl back :)

Long time, no stuffs!!!

Hey, I forgot about this bloggity thing! Mostly because I have been so busy and distracted by the daily pressures of pasture munching and bossing my horsey friends around.

But mostly I have been coping with the grief of losing my girl! I mean, not LOSING losing, she's still alive and all, but she's gone! Her mom tells me she is at a place called 'college' where she is in training like me, but for people stuffs. I am super sad that she isn't here with me, but I get loves from her mom. Amy Barn Owner is riding me while Katie is gone. I have been learning a TON of stuff to impress my person when she comes back, but it is hard and sometimes I do not like Amy Barn Owner for making me work so hard. But Katie will be SO proud that I can now trot all fancy dressage pony-like and ever CANTER with a person on my back now!

I can't wait for Katie to be done with training so she can come back and spoil me with treats and kisses and easier rides!