Big Bear Lake: Colors of Autumn
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Big Bear Lake with Grandma and Grandpa
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Grandma and Grandpa were a few hours away from us at a conference, so they decided to stay a few extra days and take a bit of a detour over our way. We were thrilled to be able to spend a couple of days with them. During their time here, we took Grandma and Grandpa over to the ranch to see the horses, and then went to Chick-fil-a before heading to the outlet mall to look for shoes for Munchkin. On Saturday, D actually had off this week, so we were able to spend the day together. We thought it…
Horse Training: No More Flops
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After a couple of weeks of training with Phantom, today was the day that I would finally attempt to sit on his back. (Notice, I did not say ride – yet – as we needed to see how he would react to me being on his back.) I’d already been working on getting him to line up with where I would mount him using more than one location, and he was at a point where he was listening well for that. We had taken walks in several locations to see how he was with different surroundings as I wanted to…
Munchkin – a Proud Horse Owner
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Last week, an unexpected sequence of events lead to Munchkin becoming owner of Dixie. She isn’t living at our rental house as it’s not a horse property, but when the time is right, she will be coming home to live with us. Needless to say, Munchkin was thrilled when she was given this opportunity. On Friday, Munchkin decided to work on her bareback riding skills, and because she wanted to work on her leg cues, she decided that she would also go without a halter and reins. It was fun watching them working together to figure out how to work…
Overhauling the WRR Rhino
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A couple of weeks ago, D, Munchkin, and I decided that it was time to give the WRR Horse Rescue Rhino an overhaul. It had seen better days due to accidents, and we were charged with keeping it at our place for a time period while the owner of the ranch decided what to do with it. Since D already had parts on order for routine maintenance, we knew it was a perfect opportunity to jazz it up a bit. There was barely anything left of the hood and it was missing a light. The bumper was pretty much toast…