Drivin' Thru 2022

[Stripe13]

Went on a long walk down the road today! It was so nice for being the first day of spring

1 hour ground driving Rebel
1 hour Ground driving Fancy and 20 minutes driving in the cart

 

[Cayuse]

20 minutes ground driving Cappy

 

[MajorClementine]

Woo hoo! Drove all 5 today.

40 min Clementine
20 min Perry
25 min Candace
20 min Wally and Blue as a pair

 

[HersheyMint]

Wow, a great day for you. The weather must be nice

 

[Stripe13]

35 minute ground drive with Coconut!

 

[Kelly]

March 23
Drove Stormy 35 minutes

March 24
Drove Stormy 33 minutes

 

[Stripe13]

March 24
45 minutes ground driving coconut

 

[Willow Flats]

March 21
35 minutes driving Rocko

March 22
60 minutes driving Annie
60 minutes driving Annie

March 25
60 minutes driving Rocko

(I am recording Annie's minutes for my husbands drive times only and not when my friend drives her with me)

 

[Cayuse]

15 minute ground driving Cappy and 20 driving. Almost all walking as he's quite out of shape and we stayed in the small paddock as it was his first tie hitched since his sinus surgery. I wanted to be sure he didn't have any issues wearing the bridle.

 

[Kelly]

March 25
Ground drove Breezy 20 minutes

March 26
drove Stormy 2hours 10 minutes at the park, such a blast!

March 28
drove Stormy and ponied Breezy 30 minutes

 

[Stripe13]

1 hour ground driving Coconut, slowly getting used to the bit! I’ve been driving with the lines connected to her halter with the bridle on top of that so she can get used to the bit without worrying about any pressure just yet. Normally I end our sessions with some light ground driving with the lines connected to the bit and I’ll slowly work up from there as she gets more used to it!

 

[Stripe13]

20 minutes ground driving coconut

 

[Marsha Cassada]

15 minute ground driving Cappy and 20 driving. Almost all walking as he's quite out of shape and we stayed in the small paddock as it was his first tie hitched since his sinus surgery. I wanted to be sure he didn't have any issues wearing the bridle.

Hope all went well on the drive. No issues with the bridle?

 

[Marsha Cassada]

70 minutes driving Dapper Dan.

 

[Cayuse]

Hope all went well on the drive. No issues with the bridle?

No issues, I drove again today and he was still soft and his mouth was pretty quiet. Still a bit stiff bending going to the right but that, I think, is from him being out of shape and he does have a wee bit of arthritis so we are working slowly the first few times so he can stretch things out and I can see where we are at. Did a little trot today, he was happy to go and then happy to walk. I'm letting him choose his activity level for now . I did notice much less snorting during our drive. He used to snort quite a bit, especially when first starting off. His nose must feel much clearer now.

1/2 hour driving today. Cappy

 

[Willow Flats]

There are two full size horses in the pasture next door temporarily and our horses have been out there grazing next to them a couple of times. The biggies ran and hid in the barn the first time I drove around our back pasture and today they came out to the fence when we drove back there and they got all excited and started running around hoofs pounding, which got our horses excited!!!! We were able to drive through it but ended up staying out another 15 minutes til our horses could drive by in a relaxed manner. Everyone had fun but it was a little nerve racking at first, not gonna lie!

 

[Willow Flats]

April 1 -
40 minutes for Rocko.

April 2-
60 minutes for Rocko.
60 minutes for Annie.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

There are two full size horses in the pasture next door temporarily and our horses have been out there grazing next to them a couple of times. The biggies ran and hid in the barn the first time I drove around our back pasture and today they came out to the fence when we drove back there and they got all excited and started running around hoofs pounding, which got our horses excited!!!! We were able to drive through it but ended up staying out another 15 minutes til our horses could drive by in a relaxed manner. Everyone had fun but it was a little nerve racking at first, not gonna lie!

I was driving Dapper Dan, luckily, at the arena where a play day was in progress. A group of cowboys were lounging around on their horses. I drove by with Dapper Dan and all of the horses spooked. One began to buck. Kind of chaotic there for a minute. Dapper Dan was unfazed by the excitement. I imagine those cowboys were cursing that pesky pony!

 

[Marsha Cassada]

60 minutes for Midnight today.

 

[Stripe13]

45 minutes with Rebel and 45 minutes with Fancy today!