Hi everyone,
sorry I haven't posted in a while, I started school last week so I have a lot of homework! Anywho, Jester got adjusted by the chiropracter on Saturday. He was starting to get a little stiff again so it was good that he got adjusted. I have still been taking him into the creek every chance I get. Last time we got into some trouble with an underground bee's nest. We were coming out of the creek up a steep tiny little hill onto a ledge type thing with a drop off to one side and a steep hill on the other. So Tie and Kara went up first and then Jester and I, Buddy and Kristin, and Tater and another one of our friends come up onto the ledge that barley fit three horses. So then all of a sudden Buddy and Tater start going crazy and jumping and kicking and rearing up since a bunch of bees start to attack them. Then Jester starts freaking out and tryed to bolt up the hill. My friend got stung right above the eye and bended over holding her head right underneath Buddy while he was still going crazy. I think Buddy new she was there because even though he was still being attaked by bees, he didn't hurt her. So I let Jester run up the hill and drag me up with him. Then up came Buddy and Kristin along with Tater and my two friends. We all calmed our horses down and regrouped, checked on the horses and tended to my friends sting. Just as we had everyone settled down, the bees started attacking us again! So Kara ran to help the two girls with Tater. Tie was loose and started walking, but he stepped on his lead rope and jerked his head up, breaking his halter. So I quick tie Jester to a tree and go and grab Tie. Thankfully his halter was still wearable. So of course the bees just had to go bother Jester while I was with Tie. So Kristin grabs him until Kara gets back and I go and free Jester. Since I couldn't get his lead rope undone quick enough, I unsnap it from his halter and get him away. So I calmed Jester down and went back to get his lead rope. So once we all got situated again we high-tailed it out of there as fast as we could! We all breathed a sign of relief once we got out of the woods (including the horses). We were very blessed to have avoided serious injury. It was so easy for any of us to have gotten hurt. My friend, Mallory, only had a little red spot from where the bee stung her.
So we are going out early tomorrow and the get will be out there. I am going to get Jester's coggins test. A coggins test is just a blood test. Hopefully we will have an uneventfull day!
That's it for now
Jester at DT barn getting groomed
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a good first day back to school! School has not started for me yet, yay! Anyways, as you have probably already guessed, we went to the rescue on Saturday. Jester is doing fine. I groomed him first thing when I got there and then we went back out into the creek with our friends kristin, with Buddy, and Kara with Black Tie. We found another entry to the creek. Jester and I were the first ones to go down it and it was a little muddy. So as we were going down it Jester started freaking out and trying to spin around and take off. So I let him calm down and eat some grass; once he was calm I asked him to move his front foot one step. Once he did I rewarded him. Pretty soon he was confident enough to pull his hind legs out of the mud and come down. He relaxed once we got going in the creek. We didn't have much time out there since it was almost time for the evening feed. I bagged his supplements while waiting. After evening chores were done, we got the horses out and went for another trail ride. I actually used a different bareback pad that was kinda more like a saddle. It was very comfortable to ride in! So we mounted up in the indoor arena and then went out to the big pasture for a little while. Then we came back down and cooled the horses off. I rinsed Jester off in the washrack since he was still sweaty and hot. I am thinking of getting a bigger container to hold his supplements since his is cramped and small. We are going to be out there again either tomorrow or the day after.
~Steph
I hope everyone had a good first day back to school! School has not started for me yet, yay! Anyways, as you have probably already guessed, we went to the rescue on Saturday. Jester is doing fine. I groomed him first thing when I got there and then we went back out into the creek with our friends kristin, with Buddy, and Kara with Black Tie. We found another entry to the creek. Jester and I were the first ones to go down it and it was a little muddy. So as we were going down it Jester started freaking out and trying to spin around and take off. So I let him calm down and eat some grass; once he was calm I asked him to move his front foot one step. Once he did I rewarded him. Pretty soon he was confident enough to pull his hind legs out of the mud and come down. He relaxed once we got going in the creek. We didn't have much time out there since it was almost time for the evening feed. I bagged his supplements while waiting. After evening chores were done, we got the horses out and went for another trail ride. I actually used a different bareback pad that was kinda more like a saddle. It was very comfortable to ride in! So we mounted up in the indoor arena and then went out to the big pasture for a little while. Then we came back down and cooled the horses off. I rinsed Jester off in the washrack since he was still sweaty and hot. I am thinking of getting a bigger container to hold his supplements since his is cramped and small. We are going to be out there again either tomorrow or the day after.
~Steph
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Hi everyone~
so we went out on wendsday and I was able to take Jester out into the creek! We went out there with my sister Kristin and her favorite horse buddy and also Kara and her horse Black Tie. There is a trail that you follow until you reach a low point where you can enter the creek. We weren't able to go that far because a huge tree had fallen and we were to lazy to find another entry. Jester was a big scardy cat of the water. He started blowing through his nose loudly which generally means that the horse is nervous. Jester isn't a trail horse and never was, so all this stuff I'm doing with him is new for him. He enjoys getting out and trying new things though! We stayed out there for a while and then headed back up to the barn.
I talked to Mrs. Cheryl and I'm now giving Jester Fasttrack Fortafier in addition to his other supplements ( which are the Acti-Flex joint supplements and flax seed, to help with the omega-3 levels). Fasttrack fortafier is a powder supplement that will make his coat, mane, and tail shiny and silky and soft. It will also make his hooves strong and prevent them from getting cracks and peeling. This version of Fasttrack also has joint supplements and more vitamin C. So he will be getting 1 oz of this in the evening with his flax seed, he gets his Acti-Flex in the mourning.
We are still planning on doing the trail ride on Saturday if the weather permits. I have also talked to Mrs. Cheryl about using a bareback pad on Jester. Since he has such high and narrow withers it is very hard to fit a saddle on him without causing him damage. A bareback pad is like a thick saddle pad with a girth attached, they also occasionally come with stirrups. Mrs. Cheryl said the rescue has one somewhere. So I looked around and found it in the tack room! I tried it on Jester and it fits him. So I will be trying that out on Saturday.
I will let you guys know how it goes!
Steph
so we went out on wendsday and I was able to take Jester out into the creek! We went out there with my sister Kristin and her favorite horse buddy and also Kara and her horse Black Tie. There is a trail that you follow until you reach a low point where you can enter the creek. We weren't able to go that far because a huge tree had fallen and we were to lazy to find another entry. Jester was a big scardy cat of the water. He started blowing through his nose loudly which generally means that the horse is nervous. Jester isn't a trail horse and never was, so all this stuff I'm doing with him is new for him. He enjoys getting out and trying new things though! We stayed out there for a while and then headed back up to the barn.
I talked to Mrs. Cheryl and I'm now giving Jester Fasttrack Fortafier in addition to his other supplements ( which are the Acti-Flex joint supplements and flax seed, to help with the omega-3 levels). Fasttrack fortafier is a powder supplement that will make his coat, mane, and tail shiny and silky and soft. It will also make his hooves strong and prevent them from getting cracks and peeling. This version of Fasttrack also has joint supplements and more vitamin C. So he will be getting 1 oz of this in the evening with his flax seed, he gets his Acti-Flex in the mourning.
We are still planning on doing the trail ride on Saturday if the weather permits. I have also talked to Mrs. Cheryl about using a bareback pad on Jester. Since he has such high and narrow withers it is very hard to fit a saddle on him without causing him damage. A bareback pad is like a thick saddle pad with a girth attached, they also occasionally come with stirrups. Mrs. Cheryl said the rescue has one somewhere. So I looked around and found it in the tack room! I tried it on Jester and it fits him. So I will be trying that out on Saturday.
I will let you guys know how it goes!
Steph
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Hi everyone,
Wow, summer has really zipped on by! School is about to start, boo:(.
Anyways, we went out to the rescue today and Jester was sore:(. He had his hooves trimmed and I think that contributed to it, but he does have arthiritis and the changing seasons get to him. I had him adjusted today so he should start feeling better soon:).
He was pretty easy to groom today. I haven't needed to give him a bath recently because he has been so clean! Which is vveerryy rare for Jester. Since he was feeling sore today I didn't want to push him. So I wasn't going to go out and play in the creek today:(. I did do some Parelli with him in the arena though (for those who don't know what Parelli is, it is a natural horsemanship developed by Pat Parelli).
Jester was in kind of a crabby mood today. I can't blame him though! So we pretty much just took it easy today. I'm hoping he feels well on wendsday so we can go play in the creek! We are planning to do a trail ride next Saturday (it was originally planned for today but Jester and another horse came up lame so we decided to try for next week).
That's It for now!
Steph
Wow, summer has really zipped on by! School is about to start, boo:(.
Anyways, we went out to the rescue today and Jester was sore:(. He had his hooves trimmed and I think that contributed to it, but he does have arthiritis and the changing seasons get to him. I had him adjusted today so he should start feeling better soon:).
He was pretty easy to groom today. I haven't needed to give him a bath recently because he has been so clean! Which is vveerryy rare for Jester. Since he was feeling sore today I didn't want to push him. So I wasn't going to go out and play in the creek today:(. I did do some Parelli with him in the arena though (for those who don't know what Parelli is, it is a natural horsemanship developed by Pat Parelli).
Jester was in kind of a crabby mood today. I can't blame him though! So we pretty much just took it easy today. I'm hoping he feels well on wendsday so we can go play in the creek! We are planning to do a trail ride next Saturday (it was originally planned for today but Jester and another horse came up lame so we decided to try for next week).
That's It for now!
Steph
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