made it to the barn

I finally got to the barn tonight but I did not complete anything I had planned to do.

Make video? Nope.

Teach new trick? Nope.

Lunge? Nope.

When I arrived, I was the only person there. Yes! I thought I could make my video in peace. I really did not want to have to make these videos with people at the barn. . .I am kinda of embarrassed by it. Blush. But as I walked down the aisle to Shyloh's stall, I noticed that she was in it and not outside. I had no idea why she was not turned out with her herd, it was strange. So I put her in the arena and checked her out. She seemed fine. 

I set up the video camera so we could tape. But since Shy was cooped up all day, she wanted to run and play and not come to me and do a video. She stopped and rolled around on the ground, then continued to play catch me if you can. Grumble. By now, someone had come to the barn so I put up my camera. Oh well. I think I need a script first anyway. I think I will work on it tomorrow and tape tomorrow night (if no one is there) or Saturday morning.

Instead of taping, I finally caught Shy and we took a walk around the property so she could get some fresh air. We walked around, stopping every once and a while to graze. . .

nom nom nom

. . .and we met up with the big boys. Shy seems to have (another) new admirer in Clutch. Oh pony love, so sweet. 

hey there big boy!

Then I brought Shy inside and took my time grooming her. Sometimes it is nice just to groom her and talk to her and not do work (not that we do much "work"). I think we both enjoyed it. I got all of the mud off of her legs, dipped the muddy end of her tail in water to de-mud it, and put some Corona on the underside of her tail. I guess her tail bag had rubbed it, so I have been treating it and not using the tail bag anymore. Hence muddy tail. 

Jaime was there and it trying to convince me to show Shyloh this summer with her, Notch, and Clutch in draft class. She also wants me to go to some driving clinics with her, she says that they are really fun, everyone is really nice and helpful, and there are a ton of Halfingers! I am pretty sure I want to go to the clinics, not so sure about the showing. We will see. . .If cuteness and sassyness got points, we would win for sure!

more work. . .eh. . .not so sure. does it involve eating grass?

missing shyloh

I've been sick this week, so I have not been out to the barn. Basically, this is what I have been doing all week. . .

Sleep sleep and more sleep

Stretchy sleep

The sickness required a full day off of work and I missed yoga. I had been looking forward to yoga most of all. Oh well. I am back on the mend and should be going to see Shyloh tomorrow. I am positive she missed me just as much as I missed her goofy self.

The one good thing about being stuck on the couch is the hours on end of Law and Order. Just what the doctor ordered to make me feel better! And I got this book in the mail!

Click on photo to take you to the site

I am excited to teach Shy some of these tricks. But I am slightly confused by the book. In the introduction, the author, Carole Fletcher, talks about not teaching a horse to rear (which I would never do anyway!) but there is the picture, right there on the front of the book, of a horse rearing. The book does not teach you how to stand on your horse, either, as it shows on the front, thank goodness! Misleading. So far, that and the lack of color pictures are my only complaints. I do like how she states that the tricks should be taught in a certain order based on how the horse learn and to build off of one another. So the tricks starts out simple, using the head, the mouth, the legs, then the body. Look for videos of Shy being super cute to be making an appearance! I also like how Fletcher discusses using trust and love, not force, to get results. She also points out that the relationship between horse and human is important and that the horse must have basic ground manners before beginning to learn tricks.

On a final note (and a shameless plug). . .voting for the Equestrian Social Media Awards ends this Friday. Me and Shy somehow made it into the final 10 for Best Blog (Category 17). I am not even sure how we got into this, but since we are here, we will do our best!

We need some help from you guys. We need to make 2 one minute videos. One is an acceptance speech in case we win the category and one is a general message of support in case we do not win. 

Here is what I am asking. . .

Any ideas on what I should do or say? I am at a loss when it comes to this kind of stuff. Oh, and I only have until Friday February 17th to submit it. Thanks!!

monday musings by shyloh #20

Hey. . .

Hey you. . . 

I wanted to tell you something. . . 

. . .I'm sorry.

But from now on can we do some more fun stuff?

I like to run!

And I like to do new things!

Puh-puh-please!

Also, can we get out if this arena? I find it incredibly boring.

I like to be outside. And my Haffie brain needs to be stimulated.

Furthermore. . .can you please get some proper tack? Like a well fitting saddle? 

I bet if you had a saddle you would not have fallen off the back of me. . .

That's it. Just don't be mad at me! I just got startled and I didn't mean for you to get hurt. I feel real bad.  

Oh, and more carrots please!

~Shyloh
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On a side note, somehow Adventures with Shyloh has been selected as a finalist for The Equestrian Social Media Awards!

Vote here! We are in Category 17.