I sat on the bench in front of his stall and he didn't immediately start playing with my hair and I got confused. Turns out he was snoozing.
He's totally blind, but that doesn't stop him. He's constantly causing mischief. He ripped the religious head covering off of one the instructors and wouldn't give it back to her. I had to shield her with my coat while she wrestled with him because she can't let men other than her husband see her hair. We both laughed about the whole thing
He got a banana. :)
I won't have any new Sandy pics for a couple of weeks. My dog was a goblin and ate toys and had to have surgery to get the toys out. :(
I'll be posting pics of other horses in the meantime. They're all great, but not as wonderful as Sandy lol.
Doc is the horse that I'm currently using for my lessons. He's kinda old, but still sound enough to ride. He likes to do an old man shuffle kinda walk and I have to constantly kick to get him to pick up his damn feet.
He is very affectionate and we have a game where we just push each other. He can tell if I'm in a bad mood and gets extra cuddly and playful on those days.
Oh my god I want one so bad
Thank you very much. I hope you don't get ill anytime soon!
Cool scars are always dope as hell. I have quite a few, myself. None make me seem like a villain tho lol. Lemmy definitely needs more support groups, but I am far too busy to create and moderate one myself. I do have to say that Lemmy has grown a LOT since I joined in 2022. I joined in the reddit blackout exodus and it's been worth it. Hopefully more growth will lead to more supportive spaces for folks who need it
I'm so sorry you have dealt with the ailments you have. My exercise routine is taking care of, training, and riding horses. Being around all the dust they produce will 100% make my sickness worse. I pushed myself to go do stuff with the critters on Friday and I think getting so much dust in my sinuses is what solidified my illness. Hopefully I get better before I'm supposed to ride next
Thank you so much. I'm so sorry you also struggle with autoimmune stuff. It's crazy how a body can just attack itself
Sandy kept making noises at him as if she was bragging about how she had so much space to herself to have fun lol.
Where I am it is. I burn things sparingly, usually only when I have way too many boxes to fit in my 5 trash bag maximum. That hasn't happened in almost a year, thankfully. I've been able to find more of what I need locally so I've been ordering things online less and less.
Welcome to the party!
I might have enough pics to post daily until I go to the barn next lol. I plan on going out on Monday. It's gonna be too cold today and tomorrow for me or Sandy to have fun lol.
Thank you! Barn manners are just her behaving in the barn and not dragging me around or being a dickhead lol.
My neighbors burn almost daily, even during burn bans. I get why they burn stuff and I burn cardboard sometimes myself. Our town has very strict rules on trash pickup and you can get fined for more than 5 bags. I don't violate ordinances or bans tho. Because I don't want my town to burn down.
I only went out to put her blanket on, but saw how energetic she was and waited 3 hours to get time in the arena with her lol. It's just too muddy to work with her outside.
She trotted and cantered on a lunge line, we practiced backing up on command, practiced barn manners, and we walked over some poles. 10/10 a good girl.
She got to trot around on a lunge line and we worked on barn manners.
He is also very affectionate. Love himb.
Didn't get a better pic because she started being very bad for me. We're working on her manners, but it's slow-going. She's gotten away with a lot for a long time because nobody who interacted with her corrected her until I came along.
Chrome is completely blind, but that doesn't let that stop him. You can still see the mischief in his eyes. If you're in front of his stall, anything is fair game for him to grab.
He tore off the religious head covering of one of the riding instructors the other day. It was a disaster getting it back on properly without any men seeing her hair. I shielded her with my coat and Chrome just kept trying to take the covering.
Gonna be a long week without horse time.
Looking forward to going out next Friday more than usual because I get to take my sister with me. My parents want to go on a date and they asked that I keep my sister occupied that night. I asked if she wanted to go see the horses and she got so excited lol.
I can't wait until I have my own. I'm not ready financially for it, so I just hang out with the horses of other people and spoil them and spend time with them like they're my own lol. The owners always appreciate someone doing something with their critters.