Pasture Pals

I am getting married two weeks from today. A few months ago, my fiancee' bought me a horse. I think about her now almost as much as I think about him! Is this normal?

Well, things can't always be perfect, can they?

I fell off of Missy today. I don't know if I fell or if I bailed- it all happened so fast- but I hit the ground.

Doug has been off of the farm twice with Missy and some other horses, and she was nervous, but good. So, today I invited two girls to ride with me, and I thought that everything would be okay- she'd just follow them, right?

FINALLY! Missy has experienced her first trail ride! Well, we haven't ridden her outside of the roundpen, except for Friday, when I led her around with my mom, neice, and nephew taking turns sitting on her. So yesterday, our farm's owner was warming up Chico in the roundpen for a lesson later, and Doug tacked Missy up outside. Before we knew it, Angela was out there with us, with her young son riding double, ready for a ride down to the bridge. Doug informed her that he and Missy were going to tail along, and then Stacey got in on the action, bridling up April and jumping on bareback!

Finally! Missy has been doing wonderfully this whole week! After a small but worrisome buck with me riding on Monday, Doug went out to the farm for a riding lesson on another horse that night. On Tuesday evening he rode Missy with a crop for the first time. Whenever she stopped, he corrected her by tapping her on the rump. AND, he got her to TROT. Neither of us have EVER gotten her to trot before!

Let me tell you what this new horse has done for me so far.