Rain

 Rain for the next 3 days, uggg. At least my little ponies have a big, beautiful, warm, dry barn they can relax and sleep in.

Thunder, Stormy, & Breezy

Rain, Rain Go Away

🎶 Rain, Rain go away...

My little ponies are inside the barn...

And they want to go out to play 🎶

Stormy & Breezy
Thunder is standing in the back

Shadow Drive Hours Jan 2021

Jan 31

.95 miles

30 minutes

Here are Shadows before pics:

Jan 29

.57 miles

22 minutes

He is doing so good!

Cheddar wanted to go with us for a drive....
until I moved the cart LOL

Jan 28

.88 miles

27 minutes

Awesome!!

Jan 25

.81 miles, 31 minutes

Trotted Shadow for the first time this afternoon, he did awesome! I’m so proud of him!!

Jan 23

28 minutes

.70 miles

Around the driveway, everything was waaaaay to wet to venture off concrete. Shadow did great! I’m so proud of him.

 Jan 19

15 minutes

Shadow’s first drive! He did awesome! I am so proud of him!! I drove him for about 15 minutes around the circle. Our months and months of training has paid off, he didn’t mind the cart at all. It’s like these little ponies know they are meant to pull a cart. That might be it for today, depending on the rain.

Beautiful Day

 

Stormy just napping and chillin

Shadow napping and chillin too

Breezy, my birthday boy

My heart & soul!
Dave & Riffics

Have you ever seen those animal videos? The ones where the sheep headbutt the balls? I thought I would put this ball out for Dodge, the ram, but he is more interested with the rope it is hanging from LOL

Sitting Rock

It was such a beautiful day today so I decided to just sit with my little ponies and I happen to get these great pics. Shadow just stood over me while I sat out in their paddock on my sitting rock.

Thunder

Shadow

Stormy Drive Hours Jan 2021

Jan 31

29 minutes

.82 miles

Jan 29

.49 miles

19 minutes

Stormy is doing so great!

Jan 25:

.44 miles, 22 minutes

Jan 19:

.80 miles, 26 minutes

I ground drove in the neighborhood today. Stormy did great.

Jan 18:

.40 miles, 23 minutes

I drove Stormy around Pasture 1 today, I could tell he was tired, so I didn’t want to over do it. He was struggling a little too, poor baby.

Jan 17: 

1.65 miles, 1 hour 3 minutes

AM: I drove Stormy around the ranch for 48 minutes, going a total of 1.25 miles. He did great this morning. I opened the front gate and he got really nervous. He figured out that he couldn’t turn sideways really fast, so he just started backing up. I finally got him to stop backing, I then got off the cart and hand walked him through the gate and back. We will work on that a little more this afternoon. I just love this little guy, he is doing amazing!

PM: I drove Stormy for only 15 minutes, .40 of a mile, and he did absolutely wonderful so we ended on a good note. We walked right up to the gate, opened it, went through it, turned around, walked back through the gate and then closed it....TWICE!! He was PERFECT both times, WOOHOO!!

Jan 16:  1.5 mile, 1 hour 14 minutes

AM: I drove Stormy around the ranch today. I drove him on the grass, up little hills, over bumps. He did amazing and is getting better every time I drive him. This morning I drove him for 53 minutes which equaled 1 mile. Go Stormy go! We will get faster and faster the more muscle he builds. He has no muscles right now, but we are building slowly but surely. I wanted to take some before picture of him and then in a couple of months I will post some after pictures so we will really be able to see how much muscle he has gained. Here are the before pictures, taken today. It might be hard to tell because he is in his winter woollies. 

PM: This afternoon I had Stormy trotting for the first time and boy was it fun! We did much better on time, we did a half mile in 21 minutes! See?! He is already getting faster LOL LOL

Jan 15: 1 mile, 1 hour

I drove Stormy about an hour this morning. It is so windy and cold here today. I really wanted to drive him again this afternoon, but decided to wait because tomorrow will be much prettier and way less windy.

Jan 14: 30 minutes

I have been working with Stormy for months and all my hard work has paid off. He was not phased at all by my new cart. I worked with him for a few minutes, hitched the cart and away we went! He did amazing for his first time. I drove him twice today for about 15 minutes each time. He is such a good sport! My arena was way too wet from all the snow and rain, so I had to drive him on the concrete which actually turned out perfect. It was so much easier for him to learn to pull a cart on concrete rather than in a sand arena or in the grass.

Jan 13:

My new cart has finally arrived!! An Aerocrown Bellcrown! I ordered it back in Sept and finally recieved it today. It is absolutely beautiful!! I love it!