Moving House

So yesterday was the big day! We had a bit of trouble loading, but I tried to be savvy about it, and rather than forcing her up the trailer I just stood in the trailer with a bucket of her favourtie feed, and I let her be curious, confident, and take her time. After a few minutes, she just walked right in!

The journey SHOULD have only been 15 minutes, but rugby traffic (I live right near to Twickenham stadium for anyone that knows it) meant that it took us about half an hour, if not more! And Olivia got to set her eyes on world famous sites, such as Hampton Court Palace ;)

Anyway, when we arrived Olivia was a bit sweaty, but thats fair enough! I took her to her HUGE stable, which had a nice stuffed haynet in and left her. I stayed at the stables until it began to get dark, and she already seemed quite settled!

SO today I FINALLY turned her out!! She seemed so excited as I walked her out to the field and I'm so happy for her! She had a good run around, and now is just sorting out her position in the herd! I braved the freezing cold and annoying drizzly rain to watch how the herd react to her, and how she establishes her place!
Here are some photos I took:

in her new stable





There were loads more, but I didn't want to make this post tooooo picture heavy !!!

So, this week I'm going to give Olivia a nice holiday to relax, and get rid of all that energy she had, and next weekend we will get back down to parelli! YAY!!

Jo, xx

College

Well, being in 6 form (or college, w/e) means that I have NOOO time to spend with my horse, gutted :(

But it DOES mean I have lots of time to plan my future :)

I have decided that I pretty much definately want to go on a 5 day savvy camp next July with Kaye Thomas!!! Exciting? I think so!!!

Anyway, the point is COST and this obviously isn't going to come cheap! And so begins my business career! At the moment I am searching around my home for random things that I can sail on ebay, and then I'll be getting my self a job (hopefully at the stables!!!) during the holidays, and hopefully (i repeat, HOPEFULLY!!!) I'll have enough saved up for next summer!!!

Then comes task number 2, theres no point getting ahead of myself and raising money for this course, when it is actually a level 3 course and i am level 2!! But becasue I have started everything in level 2, and we are doing quite well, I think buy then we will have some good ideas of level 3

If not, then never mind! I'll have a LOT of money saved up, all ready for the next course that i CAN do!

Excited much, I defineately am! Especially becasue I've got a real initiative to do this!
wahheeyy!!

Much love ! x

Excess Energy

At the moment I'm having to put Olivia on full livery, because of the fact I finish school at 4 and it gets dark at 4.30, and it takes me a MINIMUM of 40 minutes to get from school to stable (on public transport).

So basically, the two girls that work there ride her (don't get me wrong, they are AMAZING riders!!!). Anyway, today one of the girls told me that Olivia had been good as gold (yay!), but that she was very sweaty so I shouldn't be shocked. Well she was sweaty, and thats fine because she needs the exercise, and she has a fairly thick coat.

So I decided to take her for a niiiceee long walk/graze (because she doesn't get turnout), and it was all going good until we got to one meadow, and she just suddenly exploded!!

I swear I can't find a reason for it, and it didn't seem like a temper tantrum because I had honestly done nothing to provoke it! The only explanation I could find was exuberance, which is funny becasue she had a long ride!

it just proves to me that I am right in moving her to a place with turnout, where hopefully she can let go of all her energy, and actually BE A HORSE!

Well I have to get ready to go for dinner, so thanks for reading!!!
Jo x