I am not sure if this a homesteading topic or not but here goes anyway.....
As a girl I loved to ride and train horses. I paid part of my way thru college working on the university's horse farm. I have always had the dream of working draft type horses and I have owned a Haflinger mare for several years. I have only harnessed her up a few times in the last 5 years and then only to pull a buggy around a bit. She has raised some fine colts for me-- most of whom I sold.
I have milestone birthday coming up later this week and I have decided that I am not getting any younger. As a gift to myself, I am booking a space in a draft horse farming workshop for later in the fall.
Today, I got busy and got out and worked on halter breaking one of our long yearlings. I have two that need to be worked--- badly. I have "had " to put it off several times until they are just about grown. Boy, did it feel good to be back in the round pen!! We both broke a sweat and I can't do it the way that I used to ( too fat and out of shape!) but I think that I am older and wiser. I tried some new techniques that were easier on both me and the colt. After about an hour or so, I could handle him all over, pick up his front feet and he was giving to pressure and reluctantly leading. I feel sure that by tomorrow, he will lead easily.
I have just let life get me sidetracked and other things pull me away from the farm and just as important--- lost some of my dreams. My teenage daughter asked me if I would get our old mare's feet fixed so that we could ride together. My hubby came out and leaned on the fence and asked me why I didn't do this more often..... he could see how happy it made me.
Dorema
As a girl I loved to ride and train horses. I paid part of my way thru college working on the university's horse farm. I have always had the dream of working draft type horses and I have owned a Haflinger mare for several years. I have only harnessed her up a few times in the last 5 years and then only to pull a buggy around a bit. She has raised some fine colts for me-- most of whom I sold.
I have milestone birthday coming up later this week and I have decided that I am not getting any younger. As a gift to myself, I am booking a space in a draft horse farming workshop for later in the fall.
Today, I got busy and got out and worked on halter breaking one of our long yearlings. I have two that need to be worked--- badly. I have "had " to put it off several times until they are just about grown. Boy, did it feel good to be back in the round pen!! We both broke a sweat and I can't do it the way that I used to ( too fat and out of shape!) but I think that I am older and wiser. I tried some new techniques that were easier on both me and the colt. After about an hour or so, I could handle him all over, pick up his front feet and he was giving to pressure and reluctantly leading. I feel sure that by tomorrow, he will lead easily.
I have just let life get me sidetracked and other things pull me away from the farm and just as important--- lost some of my dreams. My teenage daughter asked me if I would get our old mare's feet fixed so that we could ride together. My hubby came out and leaned on the fence and asked me why I didn't do this more often..... he could see how happy it made me.
Dorema