So, on the 10th January it was Diesels 5th Birthday!!!!!
I cant believe how quickly the time has gone. I have never owned a horse this long before and it is a wonderful feeling having a horse that I know so well. I luff my Smeezie......
Hapy Birthday My Man!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
And on another note.....
I have, once again, booked in for a Steve Brady course which is at the end of february. I am REALLY nervous about riding in it but also excited too. Am sure me and Diesel will learn alot from it. :o)
Photo's....finally!!!!
Sooo, finally here are the photos taken of Diesel at his first ever show....the very low key Silverdale Funday, ridden by Alyssa.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Quick update......
Diesel is being an absolute star.
Alyssa is the perfect rider for my young man. She has a lovely gentle way about her and he really responds well to the way she works him. She doesnt have really short reins and jam him up, she lets him relax into himself and he is really driving through from his hind quarters. They are doing some lovely lovely work in the paddock and I just know it was the right thing to do getting her to ride him.
In fact it is going so well that Diesel and Alyssa went to their first show the other week. It was only the Silverdale Funday but it was a great start.
Diesel got off the float, had a little wander around and was then saddled up and away they went. He did all the flat classes in the morning and got 2 ribbons and a bag of carrots. In the afternoon was the jumping (which they have not done any together before) and he refused a couple of times and instead of pushing and pushing Alyssa retired out of the ring, but took him over to the practise jump to get him over just one and then we left him at the float for 30 minutes to just chill out before taking him home. I was so pleased with his behaviour, he was a total star in my eyes and I look forward to the day it is me doing it with him, but in the meantime Alyssa is absolutely PERFECT for him.
As for Leah and the jumping, Diesel had one lesson and did really really well. It ended up that Leah is aspiring to the Special Olympics and was looking at Diesel as a potential back up horse, but after looking into it more I decided that I dont really want Diesel going overseas and that with me owning him it was just going to get too tricky so pulled the plug on it.
Anyway, better go but will upload some new photos of the boy at his first show, and jumping lesson over the next week when I get some more time.
I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAVNT SOLD MY MAN!!!!!!!
Alyssa is the perfect rider for my young man. She has a lovely gentle way about her and he really responds well to the way she works him. She doesnt have really short reins and jam him up, she lets him relax into himself and he is really driving through from his hind quarters. They are doing some lovely lovely work in the paddock and I just know it was the right thing to do getting her to ride him.
In fact it is going so well that Diesel and Alyssa went to their first show the other week. It was only the Silverdale Funday but it was a great start.
Diesel got off the float, had a little wander around and was then saddled up and away they went. He did all the flat classes in the morning and got 2 ribbons and a bag of carrots. In the afternoon was the jumping (which they have not done any together before) and he refused a couple of times and instead of pushing and pushing Alyssa retired out of the ring, but took him over to the practise jump to get him over just one and then we left him at the float for 30 minutes to just chill out before taking him home. I was so pleased with his behaviour, he was a total star in my eyes and I look forward to the day it is me doing it with him, but in the meantime Alyssa is absolutely PERFECT for him.
As for Leah and the jumping, Diesel had one lesson and did really really well. It ended up that Leah is aspiring to the Special Olympics and was looking at Diesel as a potential back up horse, but after looking into it more I decided that I dont really want Diesel going overseas and that with me owning him it was just going to get too tricky so pulled the plug on it.
Anyway, better go but will upload some new photos of the boy at his first show, and jumping lesson over the next week when I get some more time.
I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAVNT SOLD MY MAN!!!!!!!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Exciting times ahead for my boy.....
So, I thought it was time to update the young mans blog as its been a wee while.
Diesel now has not one, but two lovely riders. I was put onto a lovely lady called Alyssa who was looking for a horse to ride. She came and tried him the other week and they seemed to get on well so she has taken over that side of it. She rides him very nicely, has a nice and relaxed way about her and he is really starting to do some lovely flatwork. His transitions are coming along well too so I am uber pleased with what she has done with him so far.
The other rider for him is my dear friend Leah. Leah called me and asked me if she could teach Diesel how to jump......so of course I said a big YES to that.
He had his first jump lesson this week and he was an absolute star. It was his first time in an arena with jumps everywhere and he was so good. We floated him all the way over to South Auckland with Chevy and he unloaded, had a good look around and was genuinly interested in being somewhere new without being an idiot.
He was ridden by Leah first and he went in, had a couple of spooks and that was about it. He was first put through trotting pole set-ups to get him straight and then went onto little x-poles. He jumped about 60cms and seemed to really enjoy himself. I was watching my young man with awe as he just looked superb.
He is going to be a busy little man this summer so I am taking a backwards swep and letting Alyssa and Leah do their thing with him.....
I am SO SO SO glad I didnt sell him, and with this mileage one day me and him are going to be AWESOME!!!!
Diesel now has not one, but two lovely riders. I was put onto a lovely lady called Alyssa who was looking for a horse to ride. She came and tried him the other week and they seemed to get on well so she has taken over that side of it. She rides him very nicely, has a nice and relaxed way about her and he is really starting to do some lovely flatwork. His transitions are coming along well too so I am uber pleased with what she has done with him so far.
The other rider for him is my dear friend Leah. Leah called me and asked me if she could teach Diesel how to jump......so of course I said a big YES to that.
He had his first jump lesson this week and he was an absolute star. It was his first time in an arena with jumps everywhere and he was so good. We floated him all the way over to South Auckland with Chevy and he unloaded, had a good look around and was genuinly interested in being somewhere new without being an idiot.
He was ridden by Leah first and he went in, had a couple of spooks and that was about it. He was first put through trotting pole set-ups to get him straight and then went onto little x-poles. He jumped about 60cms and seemed to really enjoy himself. I was watching my young man with awe as he just looked superb.
He is going to be a busy little man this summer so I am taking a backwards swep and letting Alyssa and Leah do their thing with him.....
I am SO SO SO glad I didnt sell him, and with this mileage one day me and him are going to be AWESOME!!!!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
New decision.....
So, after all this too-ing and fro-ing I have come to the conclusion that I just CANT sell my boy. I have been doing more with him over the last week or so and have had a blast with him. I think he is just really bored. Soooooooo.......
I am going to either keep him here and just find someone who wants to ride and look after a young horse or will find someone to lease him for a year and go from there.
I just think that once I get my confidence back, and Diesel gets a bit more mileage we will be perfect for one another....and I dont want to give up after 4 years!
I am sure there is someone out there that will be willing to put the time and mileage into him, he is a nice horse and I would love to be able to offer the oportunity to someone who would otherwise not be able to afford a horse like him....
But the person is going to have to be perfect lol...now just need to put my feelers out to find them.
I am going to either keep him here and just find someone who wants to ride and look after a young horse or will find someone to lease him for a year and go from there.
I just think that once I get my confidence back, and Diesel gets a bit more mileage we will be perfect for one another....and I dont want to give up after 4 years!
I am sure there is someone out there that will be willing to put the time and mileage into him, he is a nice horse and I would love to be able to offer the oportunity to someone who would otherwise not be able to afford a horse like him....
But the person is going to have to be perfect lol...now just need to put my feelers out to find them.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Why am I dithering?????
Gawd, I am really struggling with my decisions about Diesel at the moment.
He hasnt been up to Weiti much as the first he had a small abcess and was just a bit off so didnt want him worked.....and since then the weather Gods have been miserable and it has not stopped raining.
So he was supposed to go up again today but Weiti Station have had their arena redone and it was being levelled off so again had to postone....but as the float was already hitched to my car I thought I would just do a bit of float training with the boy.
I was nervous but had no reason to be atall. Once again he was a gem and we ust had some really lovely moments together. Sounds terribly soppy but it was actually quite touching seeing him really put his trust in me and me in him. Something clicked again today with us and I just dont know if I am ready to give up totally on a horse that I have owned for 4 years just because we are at different stages of our riding.
I think if I had continued riding when I first got him it would be a different story but I didnt, I have not ridden properly for these 4 years so I need to get back into it again.
A few weeks ago I rode Anna's percheron x, Cruise in the forest and didnt have a care in the world....and then the next week I rode a clyde x mare called Breeze and again had a blast with no worries atall. In fact Breeze was available to lease and as I need something to get me back into riding I have got her here and to be honest it is wonderful, if I want to go anywhere I just load her on the float and away we go...and I dont worry!
So, my concern with selling Diesel is what IF he is my perfect horse, but just not yet....what IF i make a really big mistake selling him....what IF i lease him out for a couple of years to someone while I have fun with Breeze and get my confidence back up there...so many questions with only me to answer them!??!?!?!?!
It really is doing my head in, one day I know its right to sell him, and then after a day like today all I want to do it keep him. I really do love the fella and will miss him terribly....arrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess time will tell.
He hasnt been up to Weiti much as the first he had a small abcess and was just a bit off so didnt want him worked.....and since then the weather Gods have been miserable and it has not stopped raining.
So he was supposed to go up again today but Weiti Station have had their arena redone and it was being levelled off so again had to postone....but as the float was already hitched to my car I thought I would just do a bit of float training with the boy.
I was nervous but had no reason to be atall. Once again he was a gem and we ust had some really lovely moments together. Sounds terribly soppy but it was actually quite touching seeing him really put his trust in me and me in him. Something clicked again today with us and I just dont know if I am ready to give up totally on a horse that I have owned for 4 years just because we are at different stages of our riding.
I think if I had continued riding when I first got him it would be a different story but I didnt, I have not ridden properly for these 4 years so I need to get back into it again.
A few weeks ago I rode Anna's percheron x, Cruise in the forest and didnt have a care in the world....and then the next week I rode a clyde x mare called Breeze and again had a blast with no worries atall. In fact Breeze was available to lease and as I need something to get me back into riding I have got her here and to be honest it is wonderful, if I want to go anywhere I just load her on the float and away we go...and I dont worry!
So, my concern with selling Diesel is what IF he is my perfect horse, but just not yet....what IF i make a really big mistake selling him....what IF i lease him out for a couple of years to someone while I have fun with Breeze and get my confidence back up there...so many questions with only me to answer them!??!?!?!?!
It really is doing my head in, one day I know its right to sell him, and then after a day like today all I want to do it keep him. I really do love the fella and will miss him terribly....arrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess time will tell.
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