Bittersweet

It's somewhat a bittersweet feeling I'm sitting with right now. It's really nice to see my boy Victor but there's just a huge "setback" in everything regarding behavior, shape, etc. As well as his beautiful hair is long gone. Sucks, should I sell him?

I have thought much of selling him but then I go out and play with him in the paddock and look into his beautiful brown eyes and then I remember how much I struggled to get him and how much I really love him :-(
But it's just not fair that he goes every month and is doing nothing...

Positive news

I have some postive news (maybe), BUT I think I found the blame for Gigas extremely fiery temper. I think it's the food's fault. I found out it contains:

Wheat, barley, molasses, soybean flour, wheat bran, soya beans, corn, salt, ground limestone, vitamins / minerals and herbs.

It may well be there's no oats in the food, but it haves quite a lot of grains in it! It's really not good for a cold blooded horse. So tomorrow I'm going to buy some new food for my girl :-)

Today she's was actually really nice and calm. I traind a LOT on her stop and go signal, she really needs to learn to wait. It was really hot, about 20 degrees +. So it maybe influenced her to be more calm and tired. Who knows :-P?

Impressive!

Look at this picture...

I think this is pretty impressive. I will shoot at the boys are 3-4 years old. Think how sweet and well-trained these horses are. I am sure that virtually all horses have a special respect and feeling for children. I know my own are so calm and friendly to small children. 

This year's hottest day

Today was the warmest day in DK. And what am I? SICK! So extreme typical! However, I pulled myself off the bed up to Giga. Admittedly, we did nothing active. But she got her food and a decent "brush over".

At the moment there's not much progress regarding Giga and her "run away number". It is really annoying, but I can only blame myself. I'm considering getting a vet out. Maybe she has some pain in her back? Unfortunately, are the cold-blood horses known to have an extremely high pain threshold. But now we'll see. Next month I should be able to afford my academic saddle :-)

Calm and obedient

The last two days Giga has been very calm and obedient. 

Friday: I rode a long trip in the woods with one of my good friends with her Irish Cob. Giga get’s so calm when we ride with that horse. Maybe she thinks it’s Victor or maybe she just likes Irish Cob geldings? We had a really fun trip.

Saturday: I trained a lot of groundwork and a little Spanish steps. People on the outdoor arena looked constantly at us. It’s a ittle awkward. But it's probably because Giga looks so beautiful ;-D

Nice shoes huh?

...Or not!

What do you think about these shoes?

I'm definitely not a fan of them. It is unnatural and the horse get's numerous leginjuries because of these shoes.

They are often made ​​for horses where the owners want to highlight a gait such as tölt (I don't know the real english word for it) or a very high trot. They often use the shoes to the breed, Tennessee Walker.

Energetic horse!

Giga is a real bastard at the moment. She's extremely energetic and "the stop button" doesn't work so well, especially not in the forest. Today I thought, enough is enough. She was pretty crazy and I was about to fall off her three times. She jumped to the side many times; Large rocks and trees that where cut down was very dangerous. But fortunately, I stayed on her. I rode her in 1.5 hours, the sweat rippled from her but she was still very temperamental when we were finished. I have much to train with her. It won't be easy, one thing is for sure; I'm not riding in my Sidepull in the forest anymore. She responds very badly on my signals. Sometimes I wish that there was a little more cold blooded temper over Giga ... I am pretty sure that Giga thinks she's a warmblooded stallion :-P
I love that crazy mare!