Big news...baby horse Monroe is no longer my responsibility. I sent him back to his true Mom to finish his training. It was a really hard decision, but I think it was the right one. While I truly enjoyed playing with him, I also felt like it was time to work on my own riding. I have not had a lesson in at least 8 years...so I decided to make this a priority. It is really hard to keep yourself in shape when you are focusing on training a youngster. So...Monroe went home. :( I do miss him a lot.
Luckily I recently found a new project. I know...it doesn't take me long :) So, her name is Rosette. She is a 12 year old Canadian draft mare. Her owner is one of my clients and a trainer. She is really excited to have me ride Rosette and give me lessons too! So far it is really working out and I am enjoying actually having lessons. Things are slowly coming back to me from back in the day when I knew what I was doing. Rosette is a huge sweetheart and great to ride. She is teaching me a lot because she forces me to ask her to do things correctly. Once I do, she goes beautifully.
The other intesting thing is her breeding. She is a Cheval Canadian draft. I had never really heard of the breed but I did some research. The Mounties of Canada used these horses and they are not very common. They are used for all kinds of things like driving, dressage, eventing, fox hunting, etc. I like the look of them because they are strong like drafts but a little lighter boned.Sharkster and Chuck are doing well. They were completely unfazed by Monroe leaving. I guess three really was a crowd! I wonder if I should rename the blog? Ah...whatev.
Tim and I had a great weekend. It was definatly needed as I had a sucky week. Full of euthanasias, dental work (on me), random emergancies, and whining. But thats all in the past now and I have fun weekend stories. Saturday we took the pups to the Dog Beach and it was fabulous. The beach is really long and narrow so it makes it ideal to let the dogs off. They were both so excited. It was great to be able to let Missy off too. There were other people/dogs there but they were far enough away. It was a little overcast at first but warmed up by the end of the day.
The best was watching Coop dig for the ball in the sand. He was so into it. Loved it!!!
Then Saturday night we went to a great new Greek restaurant. It was delish!!! Lamb for Tim and Lamb pasta for me. Apparently we like lamb...(think Lamb Schank)
Sunday I had a great lesson on Rosette in the morning. While I rode, Tim cooked. We had his company's unofficial work barbecue. The barbecue was a lot of fun and Tim made killer ribs smoked with rosemary. We had lots of food and good beer actually made by the guys from his office. It was nice to finally meet some of the guys Tim talks about. Oh and we took Cooper with us. Of course he was a hit with all the kids. He was a very good boy. So after the party we took him over to the dog park. That was fun and very funny. Leave it to Coop to be the one dog who runs to every single person in the park and basically ignored all the dogs. I mean he would sniff a few here and there but really they were just in his path to the next person. He had a blast and was wore out by the end of it.
So that was the weekend. It was great!
(there you go Dot and Ma...just for you guys :)
