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!

Cool idea

Look at this picture. It's a pretty cool idea, huh? :-D

I want to try that on one of mine wonderful gypsies.

Picture time :-)

My friend Fleur visited me this weekend. She was so sweet to take some pictures of me and Giga in the woods. Unfortunately, Giga was pretty damn wild that day. But we still got some good pictures out of it.

Busy times

I haven't written on my blog for a long time.
I'm very busy with work and many other things. So there won't always be a post every day. But I will do my best.

Much has happened since the 1.5 weeks I last wrote. I've been in Sweden and said hi to my boys. They are doing really good. Despite they are not doing much. The youngster, Molle, keeps them going :-)

In addition, it goes well with Giga. It's going up and down regarding her temperament. BUT there is great progress, especially when I ride her alone without the "herd effect". So I've basically only positvie things to share.

Here's some pictures from my trip to Sweden. I hope I soon can afford to get them to Denmark.

Molle

Molle

A very tired baby :-)

Short update

I'll only write a short update today. I'm a little busy and are on way to bed.

Today I trained both Giga and a Icelandic horse. My friend owns the mare, she's going to Sweden in her Easter holiday. So i'm helping her a bit. She usually has some problems with her horse stops a lot. So we trained a little on her forward and stop signal. Both horses were really nice today. Tomorrow I'm going to train them both again.

DAMN Horse!

Sometimes I wish I had my own private fotograft because DAMN Giga was looking AMAZING today! What a trot she showed me. I can just say; she didn't look like a heavy draft horse, that's for sure. She was elegant and floating over the sand.
She was pretty wild and restless at the brushing area, so I chose not to ride her. I trained her from the ground without treats and I have never had such a positive training session. She reared at the smallest commands, jumped over jumps etc etc. Everything went great. That horse amazes me almost always positively.

Some pictures from the field:

That's a gypsies mind

I'm a gypsy at heart. I'm proud and brave. I'm calm and friendly. Big and strong. I'll do my best to take care of my owner, that's a Gypsy Vanner's mind.

~ Sara Maria

April Fool

This morning I received this message from Gregg: Hello all horse girls. Remember to read the new signs in the woods concerning horses and horse cards. You have to clip each time you are over at the voucher machine at the big rock on the other side of the road. Cards can be purchased in stores or on the nature Agency website. Gregg.


I fell for it! I hurried up to the farm and asked a friend, "What's happening, why do we have to pay to ride in the woods, as if it isn't expensive enough to own a horse." My friend replies: "Sara, do you know what date it is today"? .... Oh god, it's that the first 1 april today. Well done! It's a long since I felt so stupi :-D



Today Giga was in a slightly silly mood. She was calm and did what I asked her, yet she bucked when we galloped. It wasn't wild at all, she just did it 3-4 times and that was it.

After her half-hearted rodeo show, we went for a walk with a friend in the woods. She was just so calm and sweet for a change.

Beautiful horse! I could hardly go from her today. She just stood there and looked at me.

School Horse Species

So true :-D!!