Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Miscellaneous

The horses had their spring shots last Saturday and Ginger enjoyed a drink/splash in the creek afterwards. She's such a pretty girl even at 19.

Last night I went out to the barn to find Ginger off on her back left. There wasn't any heat, but seemed slightly puffy around her fetlock joint...when I say slightly I mean nearly non existent. I figured/prayed/hope it was just from her being stuck in the stall all day due to the monsoon here in Texas. We gave her a couple of grams of bute and I will go out tonight and hope that she has worked it out.

On a positive note from the monsoon meant puddles and puddles of water! This was a great time to see how Bentley would do as a possible cross country horse one day...lol! He did great when I led him through and only hesitated slightly when asked to come through on his own to the right...not his favorite side to do anything towards. Overall he was great and I couldn't ask for too much more out of a 2 year old.

Monday, March 19, 2012

New Horse

Well once again it's been forever! I have changed my blog to Ginger & Bentley (the new baby).

Now if I can only keep up with my adventures with Bentley. Hopefully they will be more training related and not so much medical :)

I purchased Bentley on February 10th. He is a 2 year old Appendix gelding. He had been lightly started before my purchase and I intend to do 2-3 months ground work before getting back in the saddle with him. Here we are in the picture already 1 month down the road. This is the first time I have even put a saddle on him since I tried him out. He is much more like Ginger than Cash was and I think that will suit me better. He has a little spunk, but not too crazy.

On another note I have also changed the layout of my blog. I really like the pictures showing up as that is what I enjoy the most. It is also a nice change since the blog is now about my adventures with my old lady and a new guy. More to come...