Inget vidare pâ att uppdatera...
Just nu är det mycket som pâgâr, operationstid för mina bihâlor bland annat är bokad, vi hâller pâ att rida in unghingstarna, Joren startar eget, mycket tankar, mycket jobb osv osv.
Därför blir bloggen lite utanför för tillfället men det fâr ni som faktist läser den ibland ha lite överseende med..
Itza gâr numera ute, tillsammans med det 22 âriga avelsstoet Caline, och den söta lille jäkliga welsh ponnyn Pistache. Hon verkar tycka det är rätt gött, även fast Caline är brunstig och tror att Itza är en pojke...
Inatt var första natten som hon fick sova ute, och med tanke pâ att det regnar varenda jäkla dag, och inte mer än 15 grader som max, sâ känner jag mig lite elak.. Men hon mâste vänja sig, för hon kommer numera fâ sova ute hela sommaren.
Snart ska jag iväg och trotsa regnet, och rida Balisto, och fortsätta med pojkarna. Elcado, min favorit, är jättesnäll, kunde gâ upp samma dag som vi började hänga pâ honom, och skrittade och travade pâ lina! 2a gângen kunde jag även fâ till ett par varv i galopp ât bâda hâll!
Excellcior är en annan historia.. Hade jag inte sett att bâda kulorna hänger där mellan benen, sâ hade jag trott att han är en klapphingst, riktigt fult beteende, och ingen som helst respekt för människan. Första gângen sâ gick det knappt att hänga pâ honom. 2a gângen sâ gav vi honom aaaningens lugnande ( O jaa, vissa av er tycker säkert att det är fel, men det var bara en sân liten mängd att han blev lugn, inte dödstrött. Utan var fortfarande där i medvetandet.) och dâ kunde jag hänga pâ honom, men vi fâr ta det lugnt sâ att det inte händer nâgot, vare sig med mig, dem pâ marken eller honom.
Esquiro den rädde, har enbart haft sadel med stigbyglar pâ sig en gâng än sâ länge, sâ där fâr vi gâ mer lângsamt sâ att han inte ballar ur. Det blir nog livligt första gângen som jag mâste upp där.
Och nästa helg, söndag, sâ är det âter igen tävlingsdags för mig och hingsten Boogaloo!
Hard days!
Well well well, half a week passed by!
This week has this far offered a lot of horses, and a lot of physically and mental pain.
On monday we lunged the young stallions, and my favorite, Elcado, managed to knock me in my forehead with his "soft" nosebone. Result: I looked like a unicorn! Its still swollen, but better, but still a blueish colour.
After that i also rode Bo and Itza.
Tuesday was "Schriek" day, gave one lesson and then i went up on their D-pony to start giving him a proper education, and damn, there is alot of work to be done with him. But we will get there!
Today has been pretty ok actually, have only been riding Boogaloo and Itza and that has been good. Boogaloo is just getting better and better, so he is keeping the "curve" :)
For Itza i took another saddle today. An old stübben siegfried, jumping saddle, took the german reins, and let mer roll over a smaaaaall jump. Not more than 30 cm, but its just that i have tried everything, and i need to try some other things to get her loose. And also, if she really didnt want to jump because of pain or so, she would have stopped. That is something i do know. But she found it fun as hell, and finally i could feel the lovely canter that she ONLY shows when jumping is included!
The stiffness was still there in the trott, but not in the canter.
You may think im crazy for jumping a horse who is not feeling ok, but she loves to jump, and if she dont want to jump at all, then i can be sure that she is in big pain.
Joren has changed his mind about my birhday present wich i still should get, and decided today that he will sponsor my veterinary checkup with Itza. I want to go and take x-rays again, to know what is going on. After that, when i have it a bit more "black on white", then i have to decide what to do. And hopefully then its easier to make a decicion out of her perspective.
Today im again gonna try to go to bed early, because i dont sleep so good, and since the day tomorrow will be a hard one, i better get some rest!
Good night!
Tro det eller ej, uppdatering, Igen!!
Sâdär ja, ännu en dag förbi!
Idag har varit en rolig dag. Först vanliga städjobbet, med min trevliga torsdags kund. Sedan âkte jag till stallet för att börja med hingstarna.
Vi har alltsâ idag satt pâ dem ett träns för första gângen, longerat 10 min per häst och efter longering sâ la vi även pâ ett schabrak, för att vänja dem vid nâgot pâ ryggen. De har alla gjort ett toppen jobb, den sista var väl lite nervös och stressade upp sig i onödan, men i helhet var även han duktig!
Imorrn fâr de stâ och tänka igenom vad som hänt och sen pâ lördag sâ kör vi igen, och gâr det vägen sâ provar vi dâ att lägga pâ longer gjorden.
Mathias och Frank var tacksamma för min hjälp och kunskap med de unga.
Efter dem sâ red jag Bilenka, och idag tränade vi Skritt <---> Galopp övergângar. Nâgot som hon tycker är väldigt jobbigt men hon behöver det. Lite öppnor och sidvärts blev det med, men dâ övergângs övningarna tog sâ mycket energi sâ blev passet inte sâ super lângdraget.
Min lilla pärla har ocksâ fâtt sig ett pass. Idag lät jag henne bestämma tempo, och dâ gâr det helt ok, men det gâr ju knappt framât sâ att säga. Tänk er "äldre ridskole-ponny" som gjort sitt i sina unga dagar. Men ok, lât det sâ vara, hon var aningens mjukare i sidorna idag.
Däremot sâ palperade vi rygg och liknande genomgâende idag, och hon reagerar skarpt pâ mitten av ryggen, länd och kors PLUS runt höfter. Detta gör mig inte direkt glad. Lilla stumpan... Vi fâr se vad vi ska göra... Frank har i tanken att lâta en kiropraktor komma till hans hästar snart, och kanske man kan fâ ett utlâtande av denne.
Jag önskar sâ att min fina Bates sadel gick att använda för den ligger sâ jävla mycket bättre pâ Itza, och det gör ju extremt mycket, en bra tillpassad sadel...
Livet leker...
Jaha, just nu känner jag inte för att skriva pâ engelska, men har inte fâtt nâgra klagomâl sâ dâ fortsätter jag pâ svenska.
Just nu vill inte min kropp som jag vill. Sâ det är inte bara kusens kropp som strular, utan min ocksâ. Sân fruktansvärd smärta, framförallt i axlar, skuldror och armar. Men även fingerleder och liknande jävlas.
Tack vare det sâ fick jag avböja den sista hästen idag, o det tycker jag inte om.
Tur nog sâ är det torsdag imorrn, och det är normalt min "häst-jobb-fria-dag" men jag har sagt att jag kan rida imorrn istället dâ. Och vi ska även börja jobba de tre 3 âriga hingstarna imorrn lite smâtt för att förbereda dom för inridning. Ska bli kul!
I övrigt idag har dagen varit helt ok. Började senare idag pga att jag behövde âka till sjukan för en "check up" efter operationen, men allt var bra och ärren läker fint sâ det var typ bara in och ut. De hade även spanat pâ blindtarmen i mikroskop osv och det var inget annat som sâg galet ut än vad de visste redan, sâ det var ju skönt.
Dessutom sâ mâste jag bara säga, att jag är nöjd över mig själv. Jag har inte haft en enda städkund som inte varit väldigt nöjda med mig. Idag hade jag en ersättnings kund dâ min normala kund är bortrest, och jag fick höra att jag var guld värd, att jag gjorde ett super bra jobb och att deras vanliga städtant har ett och annat att lära sig frân mig.
Jag hör sâ ofta frân kunder om deras föregâende städare att dom inte dyker upp, gör ett halv dant jobb osv, men jag förstâr inte det! Ok, städning är väl inte det mest glamourösa jobbet man kan ha, och inte alltid det mest upp piggande, men vafan, det är ju ett jobb som alla andra! Gör man ett bra och effektivt jobb sâ strâlar det alltid pâ ett eller annat sätt tillbaka pâ dig själv! Dessutom sâ är de flesta kunderna väldigt rara och trevliga sâ man träffar ju faktist mycket folk ocksâ.
Och nu en liten sidnot, för er som undrar, Walitza fortsätter att vara väldigt stel. Idag var det väl aningens bättre mot slutet, men jaa... När jag suttit upp sâ skrittar hon hastigt ett varv, sen skulle hon hellre ställa sig o bara stâ. När vi väl börjar jobba, sâ är det jobbigt som tusan, tills jag tvingar igenom henne o gör allt jag kan för att fâ loss henne, och som sagt, det blir bättre mot slutet, men jag skulle vilja se en förbättring dagen efter, men den verkar inte komma! Väldigt frustrerande faktist... Min lilla pärla...
Den lilla fina..
Som nog de flesta som läser denna blogg vet, sâ har mitt fina ponnysto artros i ryggen. Efter röntgen fyndet sâ behandlades hon med injektioner i ryggen.
Det tog nog ytterligare 1 mânad innan hon började se och kännas lycklig och välmâende, men där gnistrade hoppet till! Sedan dess har vi försökt bygga upp och finna varandra igen, och det har minsann gâtt väldigt bra. Har haft perioder när vi tränat msv rörelser igen, och allt har flytit pâ.
Däremot sâ är det ju sâ att artos drabbade har sina upp och ner dagar, och det märker jag även med Walitza. Även om hon alltid, och jag menar verkligen alltid, vill göra vad jag ber om, sâ känner man det pâ gângarter och mjukheten i helhet, och dessa dagar sâ tar vi det lugnare självfallet.
Men i helhet har allt känts sâ bra att jag till och med fâtt upp hoppet om att vi kan ge oss ut pâ tävlingsbanorna igen.
Tyvärr sâ har denna vinter varit lâng och hârd, även här nere i Belgien, och dâ vi inte har nâgot ridhus, sâ har vi blivit stillastâende en hel del, och det har jag alltid haft i bakhuvudet, att det inte är sâ bra för henne. Jag tänker att hon dâ blir stelare, och knagglig, och vi mâste börja om igen.
Inte nog med att vintern varit hârd, sâ har även min kropp varit förjävlig, med brutet finger, muskelsmärtor, och blindtarms inflammation osv, sâ det har helt enkelt varit mycket motgângar.
Förra veckan sâ började jag rida igen ordentligt, och tanken är ju att fâ igâng Itza sakta men säkert ocksâ. Man tänker att med vârsolen och gott humör sâ kommer man lângt. Men nu är det sâ att det är nâgot som tar emot. Ni ska inte tro att jag har Walitza som nâgon tävlingsmaskin, och kör igâng hârt som fan, utan har börjat med lite longering, o sen gâtt upp pâ henne, joggat lite. Dagen efter longerat igen, o sen upp igen efter det. Min ridning pâ Walitza är annorlunda än vad jag gör med träningshästarna, där ägarna vill se resultat snarast, osv osv. Walitza har jag för min lycka, och för hennes välbefinnande, och vi tar allt sâ lungt som det bara gâr! Men jag KAN inte böja igenom henne! Vanligtvis brukar sidvärtsrörelser, framdelsvändningar, böja inât , utât och andra lättare grejer lossa henne ganska enkelt, men nepp. Det tar emot! Det varierar frân gâng till gâng, men det är alltid en sida som inte vill med sig. Speciellt i galoppen sâ kan man känna när nâgot är galet, dâ hon blir som en "gunghäst" och den känslan finns där enda sedan jag började förra veckan.
Hon gör vad jag ber henne om, men det är jobbigt. Hon som alltid är sâ lätt i handen, är nu ganska hängig, och det pustas och stönas när vi böjer. Mindre volter sâ blir hon rak, och rumpan petar ut. Korrigerar jag med ytter och sedan försöker böja lite extra sâ blir hon frustrerad och blir springig.
Det kan mycket väl vara sâ att om en vecka, sâ är denna hârda period över, och hon gâr som en klocka igen, men just nu, sâ känns det ganska tungt i mitt lilla hjärta. Hon är sâ pigg och glad, och när jag gör iordning henne för arbete sâ är hon alltid glad över att fâ göra nâgot. Men under arbetets gâng, sâ funkar det inte.
Märker även, när jag sitter upp / Har suttit upp, sâ spänner hon sig i hela kroppen, och hon som är överbyggd av naturen, känns som om hon dâ har en rumpa som är 20 cm högre. Skritten är kortare än vanligt, och struttig.
Vid longering sâ gâr det bra i traven. Hon slappnar av ordentligt, och blir fint lâng och lâg som veterinären rekomenderat. Men i galoppen sâ visas problemet igen. Hon blir frustrerad, sparkar, bockar, försöker springa iväg. Visserligen har hon alltid varit svâr longerad i galopp, dâ hon lätt tar det som lek, men jag som vet hur hon fungerar, ser en förändring.
Jag tänker fortsätta att försöka fâ igenom henne, men jag önskar att jag hade râd att âka till veterinär och röntga igen, bara för att se om det fortfarande ser likadant ut eller om det redan förvärrats. I dagsläget sâ känns det mörkt. Lât hoppas att det vänder. För hennes skull, och för min.
Tiredness...
Oh, im tired! I can really feel that i have not been riding that much lately! Today i rode Bilenka and Boogaloo, and ok, Bo is never any problem, he is shaped after me now since im the only one riding, plus that he is a pony.
But Bilenka, is around 170-175cm high, and very heavy in the hand, and today also very stiff, since she has not been worked for a while that much.
They where both nice in general after some work to get them lose.
With Bo it was a bit contra canter, Canter <----> Walk transmissons, and they are starting to work just fine.
Bilenka was sidewalks and tempo changes on the schedule, since she is not that good on any of them.
Walitza was only lunged today, and i dont know what has happened with her, because its almost not possible to let her canter on the lunge anymore, its high bucks, racing and shit like that, but yeah, then its something to work on he..
For the rest not much has happened, yesterday i held some lessons which both went good.
Tonight wont happen much more i think, Joren is in Holland to pick up a new motorcycle that he bought, and i guess i will head for the shower and watch some tv until its sleeping time.
Have a nice evening!
Just another day.
Today it was back to work. Im still not feeling good in my body since New years eve. Really alot of pain, and awfully tired. And i was sober, so its not any hungover-shit... Hmm... Better call my doctor soon and make an appointment, maybe a bit earlier than february...
For the rest, today has been ok, actually caught some sun, wich is not that common in cloudy, rainy Belgium. Worked to 12, went home and made some food and other "dutys" and then i went to the stable. Had Bilenka and Boogaloo to work today for Frank, and they were both nice. Boogaloo starts being super! Bilenka still needs more power, she goes long and low, but gets a bit "hanging" in the hand, but its all about getting the strenght in her, but with her you have to "hurry slowly". She is now 5, but doesnt know much more than a 3-4 year old. She has been way too weak, and growing too much, so she has spent almost the whole 2012 in the field, just building up naturally.
I also lunged Itza, first time after 1.5 weeks rest.. Lets say that she was Fresh.... Bucking, kicking, running, but in the end nice and easy, so tomorrow i will jogg her a bit. And im looking forward to it :) My little Mudd Monster..
Today for the rest im just gonna take a shower and go to bed. Tiredness is extremely high for the moment so better try to get some rest and hope for more energy tomorrow, but i guess that is just wishing... Its worth a try anyway.
Good night, folks!
Just another tuesday.
Well,well... Now its not long time left until im off for sweden :) Im really looking forward to it!
Today it has been freezing, so no riding on Itza, no riding at all actually, because of the fact that we dont have the luxury of a indoor. And was supposed to ride 3 horses and hold 1-2 lessons today, but everything got cancelled, the ground was too hard. I wish it was gonna freeze now for 2-3 weeks, and then no more... Then i can give itza her winter rest now, and then start again nice and fresh next year.. But probably its gonna freeze now for a few days, then 1-2 days on + and then freeze again and so on... Dont like it at all!
Itza is really deserving a winter rest, since she has been so incredible nice lately. Think she is feeling just super right now, and nothing is really any problem. A bit worried though, that if she stands still, that she gets stiff, and the problems starts again, but i dont know.. Think that as long as she is not standing inside the box all day long, that she is outside more or less the whole day, that it will be just good and nice for her.. I Hope..
Well, except for that i dont get money, i feel that it was nice to not ride today actually. It feels a bit like im about to get a cold or so.. Or its just the normal shit, that my muscles are messing with me.. Im very stiff in the lower back, and in my thies. When i have been riding 4-5 horses, i allways have pain in the back later. But yeah, thats how it is i guess, specially when its cold... Even though i have alot of "layers" of clothes, they get sweaty after a while and then the back gets cold anyway...
Would really like to take a warm bath right now, but yeah, we dont have a bath just yet.....
So now, i dont know, do the dishes or so? hahaha im not used to be home this early and be finished with everything... But yeah :p
Doktorn doktorn doktorn...
Japp, idag var det tid hos doktorn igen... Fylla pâ mina recept osv... Diskuterat en massa, dâ jag har en hel del krângel i kroppen... Nu ska vi testa pâ o ändra p-piller av nâgra anledningar, o blir det inte bättre, sâ ska jag nog byta ut redomexen, dâ den är en liten jävul som ställer till det extra mycket när jag inte vill alls...
Vi fâr se... Nu har jag iaf tabletter sâ jag klarar mig över jul osv.. Eller ja, behöver fortfarande hämta ut mer magnesium och d-vitamin men har fortfarande lite sâ väntar ett tag till..
Läkaren avrâdde mig frân att börja jobba nu ocksâ, "Det tar minst 6 veckor innan en fraktur är läkt", sâ nu gav hon mig en vecka till, efter det skiter jag i vad hon säger o jobbar iaf, dâ det bara är 4 dagar o sen âker jag till sverige....
Âter igen har hon remitterat mig till en fysioterapeut, men jag fâr ju aldrig arslet ur vagnen till o dra dit sâ det är ju inge bra...Men fâr väl se till o göra det nu denna vecka, iaf för första gângen....
Menmen.... Undrar fortfarande var mitt paket har tagit vägen... Mâste ju kommit bort nâgonstans eller sâ? Brukar ju inte ta mer än ett par dagar för ett Brev/tjockt brev/Litet paket att komma hit?? Visst kan det ju vara sâ att postflyg osv blivit inställt osvosv men ändâ! Det är över en vecka sedan det skickades o det tycker jag är lustigt!! Meenmen, o inte nog med att jag väntar pâ det paketet, pojkvännens bror skulle beställa kläder o vi bad honom beställa vârat pâ samma gâng, men självklart sâ glömmer han o beställa mina grejer? AA MEN KUL DÂ!!!!!!!!!! :(
Nu ska jag dra mig till stjärnan. Jag slutar aaaaaldrig att förundras över kapaciteten i min lilla arabiska fullblodsponny!! Igâr pâbörjade vi Passage! Sââââââ duktig!
Again, bad weather!
This morning Belgium surprised me, it was a bit white outside! Believe it or not, but i got a bit happy... Me, the one who hates snow.. But yeah weird...
But the snow didnt last very long, it got changed out by wet snow, and then pure rain...
Was busy riding, and got totally soakt... Also feel a bit ashamed for that i didnt ride Itza today... Yesterday was the resting day, and now today aswell... But yeah, the paddock was a f*cking lake, and it was raining as hell, so neighter she or me wanted to continue :/
Hope for better weather tomorrow...
Incredible animal..
Yepyep here i am, sunday again...
Today i have gotten "back to my routines", Itza resting day, wich for me meens "Cleaning the tack" day. Normally i want to do it every time i have been riding, but since time is too short every day, i make sure to do it on sundays. But now the last couple of weeks it havnt been happening, since the finger and so on. So today it was really nessecary.
Yesterday i tried a bit things with Itza. Was just gonna jogg her a bit and then take a little walk on the road... Well, what i tried was: Putting the double bit bridle on her again. Long time ago now, but she did it perfectly. Actually better than she did from the beginning, since she then was throwing a bit with the head... Well she gets better and better on the tempies! Yesterday she could do it down to every 3rd. But we will continue practicing and see where it goes. She never stops surprising me with how much she can do.
For the rest not much have been happening for my part today, have been painting a bit in the house, ( fixing corners that had floaten out a bit ) and a bit normal shit like cleaning up a bit. Still need to clean quite some in here but that was not for today, its after all sunday ;)
So now im gonna cut some fruit and lay down in front of the tv, wich is as allways not showing anything worth looking at but yeah...
Good night!
What happend?
I have been wondering now, for a while, where the horse keeping in some countries went wrong... Im not gonna go in on it in general, what i today want to write about is the feeding habits!!
In sweden we all know that hay, is the most important food for a horse in captivity. And that it should have this and that amount per 100kg body weight, that it should eat often but smaller amounts.
I have allways given my horse at least 3 meals per day. Every meal with hay, and then complementative food as oats or lusern, minerals, salt, vitamines and so on and so on!
Here in belgium they dont feed that much hay. This is what some people wanted to feed Itza: (Wich i changed into how i wanted as soon as i knew)
In the morning: Müsli
In the evening: Hay and müsli.
NOTHING in between.
I noticed that itza was extremely hungry, something i have never seen on her, so i asked what she gets and that was it.
Now she gets hay and müsli in the morning.
In the afternoon when she comes in, she gets hay.
In the evening she gets Hay, "betfor"(dont know the word in english betepulp or something in dutch.), müsli and her food supliments.
Still i think i will have to give her more later on, when she works more.
But its not only in belgium i see this. It was in germany, some stables in sweden also did it, and then here, and i just wonder, why? When you know that a horse is made for eating grass, and the most natural we then can give is hay, why do you start changing it in to a animal that eats something else? I have big difficulties to believe that the horse gets better if you feed by the concept "more power food than hay"... Maybe first it has a bit more energy, but after a while it wont work. It must get problems with the stomach, and also it wont have enough fat to build muscles from!
Something they use here in belgium is corn silage. The rests of corn, chopped into small pieces, and then put in plastic to start the process... Ok, Itza ate it when she came to belgium, she got free amounts of that, and also hay, and she gained quite some weight. But then over the summer you dont feed it, since its too warm, and the corn gets bad too quick. After that, she refused to eat it.
I just dont understand, where it all went so wrong.. Sometimes i miss sweden. With that i meen, Horse Sweden. What we can offer our horses with our forests, long sand roads, laws on having them outside everyday with company.... Ok, its expensive as hell to have a horse in sweden, but for the rest, how we threat our horses as gods, do everything we can to let them have a perfect life... Yep, i miss it. Also, i miss to be able to variate the riding in a different way.
Ok, now i can choose if i want to ride dressage, jump, long, maybe take a small walk on the road.. But the roads are contrete. Not nice at all, and not made for anything else than walks..
I miss the forest. To decide that today, we are just gonna take a long relaxed walk, or today we are gonna train condition on the sandroads and hills... Its lovely... Gosh i miss it.. And im sure itza does too.
O-oh, again, no updates ;)
So, now i have been very quiet for a couple of days, but it has been a bit too much to do, with lessons, Training the horses, checking horses, and this and that.
Well everything goes good, and my finger is getting better aswell. Now im able to ride, and do most normal stuff, as long as im a bit carefull.
Just have to say that my beauty, Walitza, is going much better! Todays training was super actually. She is more like she was when she felt the best, before the disease, before the lameness, before the knowledge of artrosis in the back. Just feeling supple, and willing to collect and extend, and then its a pleasure!
I do really hope it will continue in this direction, because then the future is feeling a bit brighter together with her.
Might even be so that we can go in a couple of competitions again in the future. That is my small goals for next year, to start in some small competition, just do it easy, for fun, and just get the feeling back again.
My dream goal with her is to be able to start a M3, wich should be possible, because she and i has the knowledge, but we would need to train for someone then, and also we both need to stay supple.
I really do miss competing, so it would be sad if it was not possible for us. Ok, i can allways compete other horses, but it is not the same. It is not my horse. My horse that i have put all time, effort, tears, sweat, money and Love in. Well, i think its good that i have goals, because one goal that i put up for us, just after the threatment, was that, before the year is over, i want to get itza more or less back in shape. Ok, she is not just quite there, but she is not far away. We just need to match eachother again and find the harmony that we once had.
I would also start to jump a bit, but that is nothing i will hurry with, because of the fact that bouncing on the back can be painful for her, and if she does the lunatic jumps as she normally does in the beginning, it is difficult to NOT bounce. Well, i just know that she would love to jump again, and i would also find it fun. But really train jumping will have to wait. Small jumps at home, might be a bit closer in the future. Have allready jumped, but very small, so, think it will be possible again.
Well, was gonna write about feeding routines actually, but maybe ill do that tomorrow instead then..
Now pills, and go to bed i guess. Today i have had cramp, badly. Especially in the muscles around the ribs, and it was not pleasant. For the rest, it has been very wet air today, and i find it nice, so easy for breathing, so fresh!
So, Good night!
Painful but sucessful day!
Well, first of all, Jorens mother and grandmother came this morning to start with the wall paper! They did a good job, and it looks awsome! We got a bit short of paper though, so need to order a bit more, but at least now its possible to continnue a bit :)
I havnt been home that much today. Ok, i slept a bit longer today, but im still extremely tired. At 11 i went to the pony client, to ride the ponies. I ended up riding 1 and holding a new lesson, so i guess the liked my previous lesson :)
But the "stoute pony" Maestro had some own ideas of how to work today. haha! He made me eat the dust... First up on the backlegs, and then a hard buck.. And on a small c pony, with nothing in the front, i ended up on the short neck, and then off. Kept holding the reins so the pony didnt run away, and somewhere in there, in that mess, i injured my finger.. Hmm its blue.. First joint on the finger = blue, 2/ last joint on the finger also blue, and its as swollen as it can get. If i had a camera that works i would take a pic but now we dont.
But we see, if its not better in a few days i guess i have to xray it.
In the afternoon i went to the stable, was gonna ride Boogaloo, and clip Itza. Ended up holding my pony + cliping the head, the rest was done for me :) Riding will be done tomorrow instead, just hope the weather will be better than they predict....
So Itza is now nice and shaved, well, a few things left under the belly, but since she kicks like a mule, we decided to let them be, maybe just clip then with a scissor or so..
Now a warm shower, and crawl into bed as early as possible. Tomorrow its work 8-13.00, and then Ride Di Zoë, Boogaloo, Bilenka, and Itza.
So wish me good night sleep, and good luck with the weather tomorrow, because i will need it!
Hard work work!
Well, now just a quick one.
Today has been busy, work to 16, directly from work to Itza, and then to the new client in Schriek. Normally im riding Di zoë on tuesdays, but Marc wasnt home today so then i went to the new client.
The ponies actually was better allready, this is the second time im riding them.
Maestro, a 4 year old c-pony gelding, and Minerva, a 6 year old d pony mare, but green as a 3 year old.
Maestro was more steady in the hand, and also Minerva, but i think she has a bit of a dental problem. Owners are gonna look that up, and im pretty sure that she will be even better then.
Rode Itza a bit today, and she was ok. Not lame anymore, but today she was swollen in the face again. There really is something that she reacts on, eighter in the field, or in the new hay. She doesnt get fever or anything, just swollen, and then it can be gone just a secund later, and it can get swollen just a minute to another. Really weird.
Have been reading quite some about it, and its nothing to worry about if there is no fever involved. Especially not when it goes away from itself.
Now im off to bed, because im having pain as hell in my shoulder muscles, and biceps, and back muscles. So, im longing for the bed.
Svenskt inlägg!
Yep, this one will be in swedish! And for you who dont understand swedish; dont bother using google translate or what so ever, it doesnt work for translating full sentences correctly without missunderstandings! THANKS!
Trött, trött som Fan. Irriterad är jag ocksâ. Att folk pallar slänga ur sig dumheter utan jävla anledning. O sen dessutom skylla över allt pâ nân annan. Lyckat!
Men tänker inte lägga för stor vikt pâ skiten här, dâ jag vet att detta ÄNDÂ kommer att försökas översättas med dâliga redskap pâ internet.
Jag drömmer lustigt igen, inte trevligt alls faktist. Inga speciella drömmar om o om igen utan bara lustiga, olika, drömmar varje gâng. De kan ha lite likheter men mja vetifan. Mycket om människor som stâr mig nära och liknande, och det gör mig förvirrad.
Nu över till nât annat.
Itza har fâtt mugg, nu igen. Det var ju ett tag sen nu, hon har inte haft det alls i belgien faktist, men nu kom det. Lustiga är att det inte ens är blött eller liknande, men tror att bakterien finns i hans hagar, dâ hans avelssto har ordentligt med mugg/rasp, som lett till stockar till ben. Men ja, eftersom Itza inte haft det pâ länge sâ har jag ju inte sâ mycket grejjer till det. Sâ igâr fick det bli att tvätta karleden med antiseptiskt schampoo, sen pâ med salsy vaselin, sen ett par kompresser pâ det, lindade fast det med ett galoppbandage mer eller mindre, o sen sân där fin "tejplinda". Hoppas det fortfarande är pâ plats när jag ska dit sen.
Dessutom var hon halt igâr. Tror det var pga muggen, dâ hon var nâgot svullen runt kotan, och karleden. Men svullnaden gick ner efter 10 promenad, men skippade ridningen dâ jag inte ville göra nât dumt.
Morrmorrmorr, skulle nog behöva fâ ur mig ett och annat, men det blir bara dumt o ta det här ändâ. Sâ, nu ska fröken hemmafru som inte ens jobbar heltid, och leker med hästar varje dag ta o laga mat sâ att den stâr pâ bordet när herrn kommer hem.
Walitza...
She makes me a bit worried right now.. She has actually lost pretty much weight lately. Ok, she was pretty fat there for a while, but its not only the fat that is gone, its also muscles, that we have been working so hard to build up..
Im now highering the amount of food, and then we see, but if it continues, i will have to check her blood or so. Might be worms or something, 1 horse who stood on a farm close to Frank, got put to sleep thanks to bloodworms, not that long ago. And i know that one of Franks young stallions, Who are going outside has had it, so hmm....
But she also has the monster winter fur of doom... Its oktober, and she allready got about 2 cm fur... And now when it has been 3 days of warmth again, yeah, then she has been sweating alot. Really need to clip her.
That little girl really drives me crazy, in both good and bad ways.
And i guess i will have to sell the new saddle that i bought, thanks to some reasons not worth to mention, but f*cking crap... Now i dont have any own saddle to use for her, and the one im borrowing right now from frank, an old "Ainsley", its laying pretty OK on itza, but for me its real shit, because its harder than my 30 year old stübben, plus that it has NO support for my legs what so ever :( Not nice at all, and it effects my position of course, in a bad way.
Today is one of the first days for a long time now, that im not going to the stable at all... Well, didnt know when we would be home from the motorbike convention, so thought better make sure that someone can take care of her..
Well, now im starting to feel shakey again. Really weird shit... Feels like..hmm... When you are running out of sugar in the body, and you are about to faint.. The shakeyness that you get then.. Yep, but without the dizzyness.. Just shakey.. Still have the feeling that i notice my problems more since i started taking my medication....
Well now, do something else than computer...
<3Saturday!
After that i went to ride Di Zoë who was pretty good, but a bit tired. And then off to frank, rode Bo, who was not so happy to the bending exercises, but it was good for him. Itza i just let run loose in the paddock, but she looked very stiff in the back legs/ the back.... She really looked like a small ridingschool pony, but i pushed her pretty far yesterday, so might just be stiffness. But it will do her good with resting tomorrow i think.
Now im off to bed to watch some tv with my honey, and then tomorrow we are off to Leuven for a retro motorbike convention :)
Well also, here is a pic of me and my new color ^^,
Tired..
This is just a short quick one.. Woke up with fever this morning and extreme headache, but took some pills and worked the whole day. And Itza was actually really nice today (and yesterday), she is really trying to do everything i ask her for. Even "shoulder out" in canter, changes every 5th strike and so on. Nice to see. As long as its not tooo serious training, More "playing" it out of her, then she likes it.
Now im off to bed, joren is at a gig, so im alone, but i really need to sleep............. Good night
Now im off to bed, joren is at a gig, so im alone, but i really need to sleep............. Good night
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Sorry, now i havnt updated for a couple of days, have been busy..
Horses and work as allways..
I have realised that i really miss to train for a trainer in the riding. Ok, its going ok with the horses, but i want to train, and be able to compete and go up in classes and get further in my own riding!! I dont even have a horse to train with any more :( Itza is not ready for it, and it will be going backwards for me to start with her, because i will have to start from scratch with her. I want to train and learn New stuff!
Sometimes you loose the motivation for things when you cant "check off" certain things on the way..
Well, i dont know what it is, but im feeling a bit weird, and a bit down for the moment. Maybe its just the weather and the darkness coming upon us.
My training for the moment is going shit, and i dont have any motivation to exclude candy, cookies and juice and so on, and because im working so much with cleaning and with the horses, i dont have time to take walks or go jogging, im home around 21 every day for the moment.
Not fun at all, but the motivation for anything isnt on the top right now.
Im just so tired. Feels like i havnt been sleeping good for over a month, but actually im sleeping the whole night, i think..
Something i have noticed while being half asleep (My boyfriend has also noticed it.) is that my legs and arms are "jumping", you know, almost like when you are falling asleep, when it feels like you are falling...
Well, now time for a hot shower, and my pill, and maybe, just maybe, a cup of tea before bed..
