autumn fun day!

Today is the first day of autumn and Shyloh and I had a fun day! We did do a little bit of work. . .spirals on the lunge line in the arena. It was raining all day! But after that, we had a lot of clicker fun!

And Shy was featured in the Stale Cheerios blog for the Almost Wordless Wednesday this week! It is a blog on clicker training and it has a ton of great resources for anyone who wants to try it. 

For our Autumn fun day, we. . .

• Did a lot of at liberty clicking, see, no halter, no lead! Shy was amazing. She walked right up to her "new" mat without a problem. The old mat was leaving chunks all over the arena. The new mat is a little too narrow, but that didn't stop Shy!

On the mat!

• Played with cones. Lots of cones. Shy was all about cones today! I was trying to get her to hold them for longer so we can work on more tricks. 

There is something on my butt. . .

A cone on the butt. . .a cone in the mouth!

• Kicked the ball and licked the pole. I was trying to teach Shy to kick forward, but she likes to kick back. Something to keep working on.

Then we got some horsey friends out and played with them. Casi and Robbie wanted to play way more than Shy did!

And. . .I found another toad!

Toad on Shy's butt

Toad on Shy's head

Shy liked the toad so much she tried to eat it. I had to pull it out of her mouth! Poor toad. . .I put it in a safe place, far away from Shy's chompers. 

The first day of fall gave me and Shyloh some good old fashioned fun, even though we were stuck inside because of the rain.

monday musings by shyloh #48

Not much to report on the Haflinger front. Just a little Haflinger mare recovering from her injuries. . . and I might be injured again (hee hee).

See, what happened was. . .me and Robbie are pasture buddies now. And with him being a pony and me being an awesome haffie, we are on restricted pasture. That means no pond pasture with tons of grass and the rest of my herd. But I do get to hang out with Robbie, so it's all good!

We graze this way. . .

Then we graze that way. . .

And we graze this way . . .

Anyway. . .we were out grazing and Robbie was following me all over the pasture like a little lost puppy. I did not mind at all. We were just grazing teeny tiny pieces of grass and before I knew it, Robbie got a little to close to Ryleigh for my liking. I like to keep my geldings separated. . . So I told Robbie to get away and he did not listen. Then I TOLD Robbie to get away, meaning I turned my butt to him and started bucking. Well, Robbie just bucked right back at me. Unfortunately for me (and fortunately for Beth) my aim is awful and I missed every kick. Robbie missed, too, except he did graze my leg and took some skin with one kick. 

I had to circle it, just in case you couldn't see. . .ouchies!

It is not too bad, but I'll probably be down for the count and lame and unrideable for a while. Right? Just because I rather enjoy doing nothing.

~Shyloh

monday musings by shyloh #47

Yesterday was my birth-iversary! It was great. And. . .

I am so in love. . .he threw me right in heat!
We would make lovely chestnut babies. . .but he is gelded

I got a pony! And he is actually a pony, a Sport Pony, unlike me, who is a horse. He is just my size and I love him. He is 13.3hh and chestnut, just like me!  Really love him! His name is Robbie and he came to me to get in shape for eventing. Me and Robbie have a lot in common. Robbie is a scooter and a-scared of things, but Beth will help him through all that, like she helped me. I told Robbie that he doesn't need to be scared of things at this barn, everyone is real nice. Just pretend to be scared when the two leggers want you to do work. 

Flirting over the fence <3
Casi was not impressed with the new guy and wanted me to keep my distance

He looks just like a little itty bitty Red! I am sure I will get Allie to get some better photos to show off his super cuteness.

Poor Red. . .He has to go to Michigan State for a study on Wednesday. Sad face. He is not coming back. The chiropractor and vet did not have good news for him, neurological problems and what not. The chiropractor came out to crack-a-lack me and proclaimed that I have shown significant improvement! Yay! But Allie can write all about that, it's too technical for me!

Can we all take a moment for Red? Here is a video that shows his goofy personality! Even though he could have a strong personality and had a ton of health problems, we will all miss him at the barn.

~Shyloh