Did you know?

Did you know, that garlic can help against mosquito bites in the summer? Mix a little garlic into the food, then when the horse sweats it smells different (garlic odor) which dose that the mosquitoes and many other fly species will not take a bite of your horse. They don't like the smell or taste of garlic.

Another good day with Giga

Another good day with Giga. I made another western trail course. And as always Giga enjoyed it. She thinks it's really funny at the moment. Which only pleases me. I only rod her for 30 minutes today. I'm trying not to push her ​​too much. I could see she took a little distance from me in the paddock, which is often a hint to I train her ​​a little too hard. So now it's just about making it really fun and not too hard for her.

I don't want to push her too hard, it can destroy a lot, especially her relationship to me. She's a horse who loves to work but she can't stop. She can easily be ridden for a long time without the rider feeling that she's tired but it often takes hard mentally on her. She's a horse who thinks a lot during training and that's a super good thing but I just have to remember to balance my training with care. Good I have such an honest horse. I can quickly read if she's "over worked".

I have a amazing horse

I have a amazing horse :-D
I had a slightly off day at work but Giga can always turn my sad days into something good. She was very calm and sweet today. I sat up on her and rode her in the halter up to the yard, it has become one of our small rituals. I think it's really nice and Giga learns to stand very still, for I have a really hard time jumping up on her without a saddle.

We rode peacefully up to the neighbor's farm and back again. The weather was excellent and we enjoyed the warm sun. It's been a really fantastic day!

Playful horses

 Spring Playful horses that are just about to run me down :-D Sorry, the sound is not so optimal ...

Angel horse

Yesterday Giga was a really bandit, today she was the sweetest angel. There is not one similar day with that crazy horse. I did a little "western trail" obstacle course. Giga was SO sweet and wellbehaved, you wouldn't believe it was the same horse after her hot-tempered behavior yesterday. She did all the obstacles amazingly, you'd think she did nothing else then this all day long. Honestly I think she thought it was really fun. Her ears was forward throughout the whole hour we rode :-D

That horse (and my two boys) can just make my days so much better!

Impossible horse

Hmm, Giga was quite impossible today. She was really strong and hard to stop. It's strange that her "mood" changes so much from day to day. The idea was that I would film me riding her today. But I had to give up because I couldn't ride her decently. I got her to relax but it was no' pretty sight, it took a long time and when she finally relaxed she was sweating like a fat pig. People must think ride her very hard. Her fiery temperament makes her "stress up" sometimes and thereby she's sweating a lot more than usual.

At least it ended well. In the end she was calm and relaxed. Plus she layed down for the first time in front of me. So some progress has been made here and there. Too bad there are so many outcomes in the middle of everything good.

Zonkey & Zorse!

Have you ever heard of these species? I've heard of Zorse, but not the other one. I know a Zorse have a horse as it's mother and a Zebra as it's father. The second may well be a donkey as the father and the horse is the mother. But I'm not sure. But no matter what they are still really cute!
It's a pity that they are often very aggressive. Zebra's has a very strong instinct and that makes them often very difficult to train. The Zebra is the animal that harms most zookeepers at year. Who would have thought that?