New boys in our lives.

So Lilly has a new boy in her life. His name is L.C. Her previous pasture buddy has left for Washington State. We tried L.C. and Lilly out and they seem to be doing good. L.C. is very playful, and Lilly is like no. I don't want to! L.C. is a very pretty boy, solid dark bay. Very pretty head. He was super excited to be out and to have a new friend. Since it was going to rain today I kept Lilly out last night. When I went to bring her in this morning, they were both chilling. He tries to crowd the gate but I told him no and he was like okay and walked away.

My friend wants me to ride her horse. Her husband was stationed in Germany for the past 2 1/2 years. So she's lost her confidence and her seat.

His name is Big. He's either a Shire or Percheron/ TB cross. I can't remember what draft he is. First day I rode him I worked him on the ground first. He tried running over me twice. He knows he's big and sometimes he uses it. But all I really did was work on getting him to be responsive to my leg and marching forward. He has a habit of trying to drag you to the outside, so I really had to keep him straight and bending correctly. At the trot he was like a drunken sailor, but I just kept him straight and ended on a good note. He's out of shape badly so I didn't trot him long.

Sunday's ride was pretty much the same, except we trotted a little more than Saturday. He's a very good boy and he's smart and very willing to please. Did a little more trotting, he still wants to drift, but he wasn't acting like he was drunk like Saturday.

I rode Lilly after I rode Big. I took her out near our powerlines. It's a little bit of hills not much. I really just wanted to get her out of the arena. She's been very afraid of trails and woods. But cars she could care less about. One of the military police drove passed us and she could care less. On my way back I walked side by side with my friend's SUV, didn't care.
We worked in the arena a bit and she's really was fighting me. Finally she started to give and I worked on serpentines and circles and was done.

So now the rain is coming back so it'll be a few days until I can ride. Darn rain.