Blogging and Brego

I'm most likely not going to post much in the next three weeks. I'll try my best but I forsee a lot of running around and not a lot of horse time. With only three weeks until the wedding, I'll probably be more focused on wedding planning rather than horses.

I spent most of yesterday doing housework instead of horsework (again trying to avoid the sun). It was absolutely gorgeous but I didn't want to risk a burn. I'm being overly causious I know but it's better to be safe than sorry.

I did go out in the late afternoon to fiddle with the horses. I have been letting the horses out onto the lawn for an hour or so to get them used to the grass. This past week it was too wet for them to be out on the lawn. I'd rather that they don't dig up the lawn when I'll need it later in the season for the ponies.

But last night I pulled the geldings out and even pulled the mares for a short period of time. I need to get the horses used to grass by Memorial weekend. I'm hoping that in two weeks they will be adjusted to grass and I won't have to worry about feeding them the week before the wedding.

I have not yet introduced Brego to grass yet. I know that I should but he's yet another mouth on the lawn and I want to make sure that I can actually catch him. Jim is coming along in leaps and bounds. When I first got him, I could barely approach him. The previous owner said he was standoffish and the only way to catch him was to run him into the barn. Last night, Jim came up to me! Not only that, but the entire time I've been putting halters on the horses and letting them out onto the lawn, Jim has been making progress in letting me approach him, put a halter on, and lead him around. I'm really starting to like him. I think I'm finally starting to make a break through with him. Of course, I havent' asked him to do anything in six months so who knows what will happen when I start riding him.

I did decide to work Brego a little bit last night. I have two thoughts on Brego. I'll need to talk with the vet about the one thought. I'm headed to the vet this Friday for floats on Sam, Jim, Dude, and Rain. It should be an intersting trip since I'll have to make two trips to fit everyone in. I'm thinking of hauling Zeke to see if the vet can age him. I'd also like to haul Maverick just to give him some exposure. He hasn't been off the place, except to the trainers and that was a year ago.

I decided to do some roundpen work with Brego. He's nothing like Maverick. I can send Brego around and he won't buck, fart, and fly around the pen. He'll just trot. I can get after him a little and he'll lope but he'll slip back into a trot as soon as he can. He won't expend any additional energy. However, when I'm done putting pressure on Maverick, he hooks up with me and will follow me all around. Not the case with Brego.

I did get Brego to turn to the inside by the end of our training session. He was also stopping and facing me. So in the long run, if I work with him every day, I will maybe get him to the way Maverick is right now. But I'm not sure I'll spend too much time with Brego. I need to focus my attention on Maverick and Chaos.

Actually until the wedding, I need to focus my attention on Chaos and Zeke since those two will be in the wedding. I'm not sure how much riding time I'll get these next three weeks. Maybe once or twice and that will be it. I know the time is going to fly by. Unfortunately my mind is so scatter brained right now I'm not sure that I'll be able to blog very well. I'm positive that if/when I do blog it will be a bit scattered.

I did take a few pics of the horses out on the lawn and need to pull them off the camera. If I can get myself organized a little better, I'll try to add some new pics.