I keep writing an update post but Blogger is being a PITA about getting pictures added so I abandon it because it's inevitably late and I just want to go to bed.
The tldr version of the last couple months is that I'm fine, Stitch is fine, he keeps growing, and we're getting some rides in though not necessarily consistently.
We were managing a bit better the last few weeks about getting a few rides a week in, but I got sick last week with the head cold that apparently everyone is getting, which left me snotty and snorty and made doing much a bit difficult. I did one ride this week, and I figured if I trotted for 3 minutes and called it a day I'd be happy, but actually managed a decent ride - including canter!
But that was it. Next week should be better.
So I present to you how a part of Stitch's week went in mostly video format.
Early in the week - playing with his BFF Tyson, who is a year younger than Stitch.
A couple of days later, when I went out to do the morning check on the pastures, 7 out of the 8 geldings were snoozing, which happens pretty well every morning. Stitch was initially lying down, but got up while I was watching, walked over to Tyson, and tried to convince him that he should also get up.
I only had a hour to spend with Stitch on Thursday, so I set up the pool noodle car wash that has been waiting to be used on an obstacle day. I did the whole start with it wide, and gradually move them closer together thing.
Stitch wasn't at all concerned. By which I mean he had one concern:
I didn't think that the training problem of the day was going to be how to stop my horse from scratching his ass on the obstacle.
I couldn't let him get too into it - the brackets belong to someone else, and I worry that the pvc pipe could break and become sharp and poke him in the ass. Once he started knocking over the standard I had to pull him away.
But don't feel bad for him, Stitch got a good scrubbing between his hind legs with a hairbrush.
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