Well I have not been on in a while... P-man has been lame! He hurt his hip running into something. I should be better within the next week or 2.

On a happier note, I scheduled a lesson with an eventing trainer!!! My first lesson is Monday! So i will have pictures from that. When I set up the lesson she gave me homework to do- I have to draw a picture and write a paragraph on what i want to accomplish from eventing. When I finish the paragraph I'll edit this post and include it.

My saddle is being shipped back from the fitter today!! :D

On another note, P-man is lame. He ran into a post a week ago and cut his hip. He was never lame from that til monday. He's really sore, so I've been giving him bute, cold hosing his hip, and putting liniment on it. It will be probably another week before he's back to normal. They're getting their teeth done on the 28th, so hopefully I can ride by then!

Well they were supposed to get their teeth done this morning...but the dentist called and rescheduled for next week. Dang. At least this gives me time to send the saddle off to get adjusted so I'll have it when he gets his teeth done and can ride again!

New Saddle!

Well the trial period ended on that Passier yesterday, so it looks like I have a new saddle! :) I'm still working out sending it to a fitter to get it adjusted and what not, I would ride in it now as is but like I said in my last post he needs his teeth done. The dentist should be down here Monday, so he'll be back to work soon!

I've been watching lots of first level tests on youtube, I'm getting excited to work him again! I'm hoping that since we have a correctly fitting saddle and his teeth will have been done a lot of our issues will be easy to iron out. He's not in very good shape since he's had so much time off, so I am going to do quite a bit of conditioning before we take another lesson.

Our next show is in November, and all I know is we're doing at least Training 3. I know I'll do another test, but I haven't decided which one. I'll probably do an intro test since I can't get AQHA points at this show. (AQHA only awards points starting at Training 3)

This also means I need to buy all the Dressage fittings since that Courbette was a jumping saddle...cha ching cha ching! Oh well! Hopefully my Courbette will sell soon so I can use that money for the Dressage stuff. Here's a picture of the new saddle!

Can you tell I', excited?! :)

Reasons behind so few posts....

My saddle no longer fits Pistol. Boo. 

The boy has gotten mucho, mucho wider...at least I know he's growing up!

So I've taken a Passier Dressage saddle out on trial and am working with a fitter to get it to fit him. Normally I would be putting P-man in the bit rig and working him, but he desperately needs his teeth done. I think he needs his wolf teeth done.

So this all means I don't know when I'll ride him next, but hopefully my saddle search is short!