It's not easy being a blogger, especially when you're a horse. The trouble is, I have to depend on people to get my posts out and sometimes it's hard to coordinate our schedules. Normally, my mom helps me with my blog as you can see in today's photo. It's almost impossible to do it without her; if I put the laptop on the ground, I can't see the monitor properly and it's a lot harder to get my keystrokes right. And I don't have anyplace in my stall where I can set it down. Even if I did, my nose isn't as delicate as fingers are so I need someone holding on to it so I don't push it all over the place when I type. It's not easy. And don't even get me started about my iPhone!
But this week my mom went back to Work. Apparently, my mom has another job besides taking care of me! She had hurt her foot at the beginning of the summer and I guess she hadn't been able to do that job all this time. Now that her foot's all better, she went back at the beginning of the week and she was pretty tired by the time she got here in the afternoon. She rode me a couple of times, and turned me out a couple of times, and yesterday she didn't come out at all. Sparky's mom came out instead and cleaned my stall and fed me my bucket dinner. But no one has had the time to hold my laptop for me so I've gotten behind. I do apologize. I think once she's back in the swing of things, we'll be okay.
We had a nice day today. She came out and started cleaning my stall and she got Sparky out and we had a hay snack. Then after a while, Sparky's mom came. That was nice. They took us to the Pony Arena and turned us out together. We ran around a little bit but neither of us felt like getting too rowdy so we just walked around and played a little bite face. There were some people sitting outside the arena and Spark went over to see if they wanted to pet him.
They did so Sparky's mom told them it was okay. One of them was a big man but the other one was a small person. I like small people and so does Spark. They're nice. They're always gentle and they're always happy to see us. I always put my head down real low so they can reach my face and I'm a Good Girl and don't bite or knock them over. I think they're young, like foals.
Then the small one picked some grass and fed it to us! That was really nice. I got a lot and I tried to eat Sparky's too but my mom wouldn't let me. The big person had one of those boxes that he was pointing at us so we poked our faces at it and at the small person and they both seemed happy about it all. Spark and I both like making new friends.
After a while it was time to go get ready for a ride so we went with our moms. My mom tied me outside my stall like she always does and brushed me and then started putting all my duds on. Well, I know the drill. First the saddle pad, then the saddle, then the girth (I don't much like the girth but it has to go on). After that comes my bridle. Well, today when my mom put my bridle on, I no sooner got the bit in my mouth than I realized it was a new one!
My old bit was a snaffle bit with what they call eggbutt rings. They're kind of round. The part that went in my mouth had a piece that went from one of the rings toward the middle, then it connected to a smaller piece in the middle that was nice to play with, and then another piece to the other ring. Mom called it a french link. It was a nice bit and I liked it well enough but this new one is even better. It has toys in it!
Mom called it a full cheek snaffle. It has a long bar on each side that keeps the bit from sliding through my mouth when we turn. There's a ring at the center of each bar for the reins to attach to but the best part is the part that goes in my mouth. On each side of the joint in the middle of it, there are these rolling metal things. Some of them taste like my old bit but some of them taste different. Sparky said they're copper. He has copper in his bit and he loves the taste of it. I do too. It's nice in my mouth and the rolling things are fun to play with while I walk along.
I just love that bit. It felt good and it tasted good. We rode in the Flat Arena for a while and did some walking and trotting and all the way, I was testing that bit out. It was nice and soft in my mouth and my mom was gentle with it. I could tell what she wanted when she touched her reins and I was pretty good about doing it. Then we went for a poop loop and I was able to just play with those rolling things while we went around. It was pretty nice.
All in all, it was a nice, relaxed day.
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