Hi long lost blog! (That has been in the back of my mind for months!) I haven't forgotten about you. Life just decided to pick up speed and roll in a little different direction.
Chester, yes, that is what this blog is about. My adventures with my sweet horse. (He will be turning 23 next week!) It's been winter for the past few months so there hasn't been anything real exciting to blog about. Recently it occurred to me, that I used to blog about everything horse. Not just when something exciting happened. Since then a few weeks have slipped by and now it's spring! I have worked Chester three times now and the good old days of horse sweat and dirt smudged cheeks are coming back. (awwww, I love summer.)
So here I am to give you a quick update on the past few months.
January
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We did a lot of chilling out...didn't do much at all.
Standing and looking majestic.
I took him out this particular day to stretch his legs and graze on the lead. Well, he did fine for the first 15 minutes. Then he flipped and wanted back to his barn as fast as possible. I wasn't ready to go back up and I wasn't about to let him get away with telling me what to do. I put him to work by sending him in circles and backing up. He tolerated that for a couple minutes then decided he would have none of that. He freaked out-ran around me like a crazy horse bucking, kicking and tossing his head, sliding here and there in the wet soggy ground and making huge hoof holes in the ground. For about 30 seconds all I did was make sure I didn't get kicked in the head or run over. I'll tell you, dealing with horses isn't easy. And even the sweetest horse in the world can spook, be rusty at ground manners, or just have have a bad day. Since I hadn't worked him in a few months he had tons of energy and I was rusty at knowing how to deal with the situation. Once I got him under control we headed back to the barn as safely as possible.
You know how people say certain things take blood, sweat and tears? Well that day brought forth the tears.
Thus in this picture, Chester may look majestic, but he is probably thinking about what just happened.
We took some selfies...or tried. In the first one he was eating my coat. :P
He started losing fur on his face-from rubbing his head on his feeder and from my not keeping him clean enough. I put bag balm on it and some Eden salve. Both helped and he healed quickly. You can see the balm on his face in this picture.
We had some nice grooming sessions. This day (Same day day as above picture) I tied him to a tree but he ended up just standing there on his own. I just wanted him to work on tying in case I ever need to tie him up. Then when I went to take pictures of him he followed me around and wanted to smell my phone so I clipped on the lead rope again.
"Are there any treats in there?"
~ Chester ~
A winter morning- where sunlight shines down on my fuzzy horse and his mud filled yard.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking a picture."
"Okay I'll go back to eating my breakfast."
"Okay, sounds good."
A quick carrot and a selfie between cleaning jobs.
February
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We sold our trailer. We weren't using it and it was going to need a couple touch ups in the future so we decided it would be best to sell it now. And now I will be able to go to collage in the fall. (Baking Art) Hopefully we will also be able to use some of the profit to get sand for our round pen. :)
We're goofy and it's okay.
Starting him on fresh grass once again.
I love this picture. You can see a small part of our little farm.
One day we hung out on the hill out back. The only dry/firm ground on our property at the time. It was a really nice and warm (54) Saturday.
One of the things I noticed right away when I first saw Chester, was how big his eyes were. I still love his big soft eyes.
Hopefully I will be able to have some more exciting posts coming up! So stay tuned!
~Happy trails~
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