Tickled Pink!

The last two days have been pretty awesome!  Had some great rides with Gwen, I passed Parelli Level One online, and I got my pink Savvy String in the mail from Emily! Plus, I'm now starting a nice long week of vacation for the holidays, and I get to stay right in town and play with Gwen the whole time! Whoohoo!! What could be better than Christmas and horses?!

I'm not quite sure how to get my PDF audition summary on here... hrm.  At work I can save PDF files as images, but apparently my laptop is not as cool. Oh well!  Here's the breakdown:

Relationship: 2+

• Expression: 1++
• Rapport: 2
• Respect: 1++
• Impulsion: 1++
• Flexion: 1++
• Drive: 2
• Draw: 2
• Technical: 1++
• Technique: 1++
• Assertiveness: 1++
• Obedience: 2
• Exuberance: 1++
• Positive Reflex: 2+

Savvy: 1++

• Friendly: 2+
• Porcupine: 2
• Driving: 2
• Yo-Yo: 2
• Circling: 2
• Sideways: 2
• Squeeze: 1++

Overall Feel: 1++

• Rope-handling Skills: 1++

Yeah, I'm pretty happy :) 

And now, just for Emily, some pictures of Gwen with her new pink string!





Getting a drink.

In aisle near the tackroom, after our ride.

Grazing

Close up.



 I braided it into a piece of her mane, so that it wouldn't fall down near her head when she was grazing.

I didn't get any pictures of her with the pink string while riding. I didn't to risk it getting under the saddle blanket while we were trotting, and possibly hurting her, so I kept it on me as a belt. :)

Happy Holidays!

J



Passed!!!!

It's late and I'm super tired, so this post is gonna be short but... I passed!!! Level one online, I passed level 1++ !! Whoohoo!! Even better than I expected. I'll post more about it tomorrow.

J

Colic

Got a call this morning; Gwen has a mild case of colic. Tho there's nothing I can do, I'm down at the barn, babysitting her on the hot walker.

She just about broke my heart when I arrived though. I could see her froma distance and she was walking along, head down, ears lax, looking miserable. And the she noticed me coming and her whole demeanor changed. She perked up, she kept looking right at me with her ears up and happy. Even now, as I sit outside the fence, she's watching me and keeping an ear on me the whole time.

I can tell she's not feeling well tho. I walked beside her on the walker a bit; she was a bit confused about that at first and kept trying to stop.

Barn manager already gave her some banamine, so now I'm just waiting and hoping she feels better soon. This is definitely not how I wanted to spend my Sunday, but I doubt it's how Gwen wanted to either.

At least she doesn't take after her mom! Missy would colic every time the temperature changed.

In other news, still haven't heard anything about my audition. Have a few weeks to go before I hit that 6 week mark. Hoping to hear something my Xmas.

J