Winter Music

 rode with kelli at ashland lame... but only when she was rooting. I think. so fussy in the bridle cried walked to the water complex and up the hill 3 times

 Schooling with Jacel

 Lyric turns 5 today! We didn't do anything to celebrate, but.. she got the day off :) 

  Today Kelli came and rode with me at the house because there was the jumper show at Ashland and we wanted some peace and quiet. And... it was actually peaceful and quiet here. Minus the wind. It was quite gusty.  Kelli had some saddle struggles so... we ended up playing musical saddles. I rode in mine and she rode in hers but Marvin was clearly unhappy. So.. she got off and waited while I rode and then she used my saddle. So it was a quick ride. Lyric was a pretty good girl. She was chomping and chewing and doing her rooting thing again. I don't know what that means. I did sucralfate before I rode today. She did have a few weak moments where her hind end gave out. And a few steps here and there that felt lame. But she didn't go three legged again. But it's a little concerning that it's maybe getting worse again. Sigh. But we did some nice work today. She went into the outside rein a bit more than the last ride and seemed a bit more willing to open the right side of he...

  Lyric got yesterday off as she's been working hard. And today we just went on a long hack. I figured she deserved a lighter ride. We met up with Sharon and Baylor this morning and headed out.      We tried to hit the hills today and since Baylor doesn't mind creek crossings, we hit all the creeks too! Lyric was power walking today so we led most of the ride. There was some times where Baylor led but mostly, he was content to stay behind as she was marching. We headed out to the lake and then crossed the dam. The geese were at the waters edge and went into the lake right as we went by. Lyric stared and snorted a tiny bit but was pretty brave and kept marching. So then we turned right and went to the creek. I wasn't sure if she was going to cross it or not, but I gave her the chance. She marched up to it... stopped just long enough to poop, and then calmly walked through it. GOOD GIRL! Baylor followed us and then we headed on down the trail. We got to the second cree...