Everything seems in slow motion. Its blissfully quiet at the Farm, with a lot less traffic going past on the road. April has given us warm weather, vast blue skies and nature in abundance. Its almost like everything is in HD. And we seem to have slowed down too. Not in the sense of getting the basic work done. In that respect we have got it down quick. But it almost seems we get done and go home.....as if being outdoors for too long is dangerous, or illegal!
With me being one of these boring people that are supposed to be shielded, everyone is avoiding us. Its OK to come up. We are missing you all. Just treat me as if I have the plague....and don't be offended if I stay 12ft away from you at all times, wearing a bandanna. We have soap, hand-sanitizer, buckets of bleach and a system for scolding the cups every day. I have my own towel and will not touch anything anyone may have accidentally picked up. The ponies would love to see someone else!! As would we!
The Ponies are of course unaware that the World As We Know It has changed. Although they may be missing certain people. Mini has asked me where Nancy is!! They could all do with baths!! Any volunteers???
Daisy is in self isolation...of a fashion. Although fit and well, we are so scared she may get into trouble with the Spring grass, that we have confined her to a Pen within the Hill Field. The Minis surround her, and she spends a couple of hours each day out with them having a bit of grass, before returning to her pen with a feed full of EMS fighting supplements and 3 soaked hay-nets.
Its a Catch 22 really. She could do with the exercise right now, and its a brilliant time with the roads so quiet to hack out. Just fighting with the guilt of What If? Its ridiculous. I have never even come close to coming off Daisy, and of all the falls I have had, over a lifetime of competing and working with horses, the last time I ended up in A&E was when I was 17! 35 years ago!!! Ridiculous but there's always Sods Law!!! Jo had never fallen off Lu, ever, until last week, when a sudden spook n spin unseated her. Shes Ok, but had a huge bruise and now has protesting back muscles. Not to mention the fact that before the pesky chest infection in Jan/Feb that floored me, I had high hopes of riding The Gypsy Cobs by now!!
But anyway....Worst Things Happen At Sea and all that!! So I have been steadily working on a series of short videos called 25 Things to do With Your Horse on The Ground. I have just posted Number 9 entitled 'SMILE'. If you missed them (shame on you 😊), I have covered #1 Hang Out, #2 Lunch Date,
#3 Lunging, #4 Follow Me, #5 Begin Clicker Training, #6 Correct Leading, #7 Ground Tie, and #8 Long Reining. Still to come is Parking At the Mounting Block, Pole work, Backing, Teaching Pick-Up and more (12 more if my math is correct, which is highly doubtful).
So check out YouTube UCLYQBYhWqo_WPVdz9MFkCtA. Please hit the subscribe button. 🙏 I only have 12 subscribers 😩. It doesn't cost anything to subscribe. But once i get a 1000 subscribers I can monetize the videos and that could pay for next years hay!!!
Yours beggingly
xx
https://youtu.be/nnhrn4XVQOE
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