Bending Blues

I culdn't belieeve it when my partner showed up at teh barn today. Ew, it was raining and cold! But not for me cuz I has a waterproot 220gram high neck rug on. Oh but tehn I rememberd, we have teh arena wiht teh cover and teh fake suns. And latelies my partner spends time watering teh dirt in tehre..so far no grass is growing, teh suns aren't strong enough I guess.

Anyways, todays I get tacked up wiht teh saddle, which is a change cuz latelies I has been doing ground work. Whatever, no big deal. Tehn teh boots on, and tehn to teh arena. Warming up I showed my partner how much practice of streching and trotting all at once. My steps are still a little small, but I has stretches and it has good feeling.

Once warmed up, we do real stretches of teh legs, I has hard times stretching my hind legs. My partner laughs and says I need yoga. Is taht a flavor? If so I want it!!

A little more work on teh longe, and tehn we go for a ride. Apparentlies tehre is a lot of decisions to be made cuz I want to control teh bit and I want to control wehre we goes and teh speed. And apparentlies taht is not waht my partner had in mind. So todays I tried to ignore her leg until it was so damn annoying I just muved over already. and tehn teh other way. I didn't really like this at all, but muving to teh right from teh left leg was much better for me. teh other way has difficulties! I try to grab teh bit and run away, but taht doesn't work so well- but I still try every now and again.

Wahtever, we didn't even has speed. No trottings. Just tihs moving over stuff. Bending tihs way and taht, me trying to eat teh reins inbetween cuz I am hungry and wants flavors and don't really want to do much more of tihs.

Finally it was all over and I got my flavors afterall. Good ones too, but nothing new in teh bucket.

Getting teh Hang of It

I really don't want to admit tihs, but I tihnk my partner has rightness wehn she asked me to soften to teh bit. And maybee she has rightness wehn she says I shuld try to stretch wehn I trots. Waht I didn't knoe tehn is taht teh whole system helps me has better moves, which I definitelies want!

So the past cuple dayz we has been playing on teh longeing line and on teh ground, mostlie working on my manners wiht teh bridling process and making better moves trotting. My partner says I has to build more top of teh line muscles.

No matter how much ass-behavur I has, no matter waht I do taht may make sumeone mad or scared, my partner has no anger to me. I really don't get it. She just says "try again." She has no scaredness or madness about teh tinhgs I don't like and try to get away from. Wehn I see her not so scared and has focused look on teh job, I realize maybe I shuld has more focus too and perhaps maybee less ass-behavur.

She told me I worked hard yesterday. I tried my verry best. Like I has said before, I has no problem pleasing teh mares.

Bit o' Fun

Humph. Apparently teh idea behind my tooths getting a float was so I could start wearing a bit. Lets say teh first day I has bad feelings towards tihs idea. But my partner tells me I culd has so much softness and better talks wiht her if I gives it a try. Ok, so I tried to pull teh reins out of her hands, hahaha. I knowes I shuldn't do taht but I like to try to chew on teh reins.

She kept trying to change my mind and finally it worked, but I was pretty stubborn about keeping to my ideas. I guess it does feel better tihs way afteralls.

A Letter to teh Big Guy...

Dear Santas,

I has had very good manners tihs year. I eats all my flavors and takes people for rides.

Taht said, I wuld like to ask yu for a Christmas present. I wuld like to have a pair of easy boot epics. My hooves has better feelings wiht tehese boots and I has better moves. Teh size I need is 2. New or gently used is ok- whatever yu have at yur shop.

Otehr tahn that, flavors! I luv tehm.

Love,

Ernies

Eh

Eh, as it turns out, I don't really has good feelings or excitement about akupunxshure. I didnt realise it has needles. Ew.

Teh rest of teh stuff was okays. I has good adjustments in my tmj and neck and back and stuff like taht. And teh vet said I gained manee body scores since teh last time she saw me. Has fats!

I gets a couple days rest and tehn back tu working.

I has so much excitement

I heard sum human mares talking yesterday and tehy said teh vet is coming. From waht I gather, teh vet comes in 1 more sun and moon. So by human calculations, taht wuld be Fridays.

Tehese human mares fully believe taht tihs vet will helps me make has better moves. Sumtihng about floating teeth...i tihnk I recall taht stuff but usually I has sleepiness at taht time so I dont quite remember waht its about. And tehn stuff called kyropraktx and akyupukshure. I tihnk I has had tihs kyropraktx but never teh other tihng.

But wahtevers- if its all about mee (and it is), and its gonna make me feel good, tehn i has excitements about it.

I also gets to try wearing boots on my front hooves cuz human mare trimmer friend says I stab teh ground wiht my front hooves. I has excitement about tihs cuz I has seen Faith and Franks wear tehm boots, and I has jealousy over it.

Trickery and Cantering

Tihs is what my afterhnoon has:

Partner: Oh Hai Ernie, lets play in a minute.
Mee: Okay, I wuld like tu.

halterings, tieings, blanket offs, papayaya treat, groomings saddlings, hoof pickings, off to teh arena.

Partner: Okay ernies, lets warm up at teh walk, stick to teh arena wall, ok?
Me: Okays, I can do taht though I tihnk trottings may be better.
Partner:No, just walk right nows.
Mee: Okays.

some time passes at teh walk

Partner:Ok Ernies, lets warm up at teh trot nows after i tighten teh girth a little.
Me:Okays.

trotting trotting trotting...stop, switch directions...trotting trotting trotting

Partner: Ernies, today we works on stretching teh legs by taking bigger steps but not speeding ups. I'll let yu knows if yu has too much speeds or if you has to take bigger steps
Me: Okay, I do my best but I want to has speed.

trotting...tries to has speed but she was serius about taht slow stuff.

Partner: Wow, its getting dusty in here, Ernie. I dont think we're gonna ride tonight.
Mee: Oh reallys? Tihs very announcement makes me has sadness.

as i stand tehre while partner and barn owner chat about stuff, secretely has hopes i can go eat my dinner flavors now.

Partner: Ok, well, since we're already dressed for teh riding, I'll just hop on for a walk.

Me: Waht? We were finished!!!! Teh other horses are eatings! I am being left out! Someone, probably, Franks, is gonna eat my flavors!!!! Ok fine, we just walk, but I has an eye on him.

all of a sudden we're walkings and trottings and circles and serpentines. I has kept my promise by being less of teh ass I was last week.

Partner: OK Ernie, I'm gonna ask you to has canter steps now.
Me:What the?!??! NOOOOOO! Yu sais no riding and now canterings? I shall bite your legs!

Partner: Uhh, No Ernies, just give it a try.
Mee: Fine. Yu want try? I give yu one

hop in teh front taht my partner tihnks is canter wehn its really rear.

Partner:GOOD BOY Ernie!
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, yu serious? U just rewarded me for being bad.

Partner: Well, lets trot a bit more.
Mee: Okays... but i really want my flavors now.

trotting trotting trotting

Partner: OKay Erniees, Now canter.
Me: I SHALL Bite your legs!

Partner: Noes, just canter, I'll ask again.
Me: Well, okay, since you asked again.

canter canter canter

Partner: Good boy Ernie! We're done. Lets just has cool down time nows. Tehn flavor time.
Me: Sweet! I luv flavors. Don't Aneeone in teh barn steal tehm.

I has no problems making teh human mares happy.