The Little Iron Horse

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Comment by Laura Boyle on Monday

I am planning to go. All depends on the weather, but so far so good in the long range forecasts.... :)

Comment by Queenrider on February 6, 2012 at 12:33pm

Any one going to the annual general meeting on Feb 11?

Comment by Laura Boyle on January 26, 2012 at 7:21pm

OMG! Nothing like givin Ma a heart attack! Silly critters. ;)

Comment by Rose Cook on January 26, 2012 at 7:13pm

Man I tell you. Those horses sure can find trouble can't they? Mine are bored also. The other ay I took a fast trip into town. Maybe gone one hour. Looked out my dinning room window and what did I see? All the horses piled into one corner of the coral, all spooked out, and there it was! The round bale feeder standing up on its side. I thought , how the heck did they do that. I go out and find a halter in the hay left and still cant figure out where they could of gotten caught on. It must of been a sight to see Jessie caught on the feeder. Thank god no Injuries.

Comment by Laura Boyle on January 26, 2012 at 12:56pm

Okay Magie. I GET IT. You are boOred....
She discovered the electric wire around the top of the fence isn't on. So she has removed 3 caps, and is treating it like a 'project'.
She has pulled off all the tape neatly holding an old electric wire on a post off so the dead wire is now lying on the ground....
She has flagged down everyone including the garbageman for attention.
Man I feel guilty not playing with her today. Darn housework.
I may suck up to her with a couple of carrots, and toss in a toy later...:)

Comment by Laura Boyle on January 23, 2012 at 1:18pm

Hey Rose. This time I logged in, I actually can see the pic of your 'snow bunny'! Too cute. :)

Comment by Laura Boyle on January 16, 2012 at 9:49am

Thanks. :) 

We store our trailer in the front field actually when it is not in service. It lives on blocks under the front and back. (We learned that rule not to leave a vehicle within reach of the boys especially...they love windshield-wipers for some reason..) Victor all summer would load himself to check the haynet for treats...Magie has checked it out but hasn't hopped inside. Yesterday she was a bit concerned it was hiding under a big shiny silver tarp. Today I notice out the window she has one of the ties undone in the front....I meant to put up a fence around it for the winter...Oh well....

Bailey has had some trauma in her past, and my instructor has been helping me regain her confidence in tight spaces so the trailer won't be so scary. As soon as the snow goes away, we can get back at it...The last session we did with Bailey, Magie peeked around the corner into the trailer as if to say,"Can I go in there then???" and she knocked all of the shavings out of the back of the trailer....So I totally agree, in the spring, our trailer becomes a big treat toy again.   When I take Bailey to her first clinic in May, Magie will come along to keep her company..and when I make the big trip to the UCD show in the fall, Bailey can keep Magie company. 

I know she travelled by herself all the way from Quebec, and Victor goes to Uxbridge by himself... but it is a lot nicer for Magie to have a friend for company I think.

We got a bit of snow to make the snowmobilers happy (Magie has now officially seen a snowmachine....by the 4th one zipping by she doesn't care anymore) and the horses can start to play.  I moved the girls into the front paddock, and hope the pics of them farting around turn out. :)  I think Magie still wants to play with the boys though...Bailey can be a little boring....she doesn't play for very long....

Comment by Rose Cook on January 15, 2012 at 11:46pm

Sounds like a lot of fun Laura. Your doing a great job. An idea for the trailer training. Leave the trailer attached to the truck and park it in the corral opened with hay and treats in it. I found the foal will explore it on their own. One problem though. They also explore the truck and can chew on mirrors, lights and tires.

Any snow your way yet?

Comment by Laura Boyle on January 14, 2012 at 2:17pm

Hi Rose. When I mentioned the obstacle course on facebook, I got a response back that there is also a Junior Trail class at the UCD show. Magie and I are totally going to do that. :) It's going to be a lot of fun.

First though this spring, the goal is to make sure she is totally cool about the trailer, (her buddy Bailey too) that way they will have each other for company...and our first clinic is in May. I am riding Bailey in it, but Magie will come along for the ride, (for Bailey's moral support LOL). It is Liberty and Freestyle with Don Halliday, so it should be a lot of fun. When I am not playing with Bailey, Magie and I can go check out all of the challenges at the site, play in the pond, etc.

I am already learning that I need to show Magie something new every couple of days, or she gets....bored.....and then she plays games on me.  She is pretty agreable, but she likes to test....So I have to make sure I am showing her new stuff, and giving her new puzzles to sort out.  Babies keep you on your toes!!! :)

Comment by Rose Cook on January 10, 2012 at 10:23pm

I was at this years UCD Futurity show in Orangeville as a spectator. They had a clever obstical course that the horses had to go thru. When I got back we set up a simular course in our training ring. The girls had a lot of fun riding the horses tru it and I feel the horses enjoyed it as well instead of the same old getting on their backs and riding. The horses had to think about each station and the riders had to be prepared for their reaction. I found that we had to mix it up and add new things because the horses quickly became accustomed to them. the course comprized of riding up to a fence post with a lumber jacket on it, removing it then riding to the next post and placing the jacket on it there.  Then riding to a mounting block getting of the horse , open a umbrella, close it and remount you horse. Then ride to a mailbox , open it , remove scarf, ride around mailbox and replace scarf. Then ride over to a makeshift gate , open the gate while still on horse back , ride thru and close gate. Then ride tru a zig zag of post on the ground and back out of it. Then ride over a blue tarp and between a row of barrels. Easy things anyone can copy at home using what ever you have around the farm.

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