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100 Things To Do With Your Horse I wrote this article way back in March. You know, when we were at the beginning of this awful pandemic. And with the threat of yet another lock down, I wanted to bring this blog post out again. Mainly because I know when thinking about being locked down …
The Benefits Of Walking Believe it or not, you can accomplish a lot with your horse by simply walking. And this applies to leading him around, as well as being up in the saddle. Walking can improve ground manners, your physical health (as well as your horse) and also build trust for the both of …
Alright, the challenge has officially started! And I decided that I would share my progress with you. I promise, there won’t be long winded posts! (maybe) That is unless I have a breakthrough moment with Frisby during our riding sessions. Then, all bets are off! But you might be wondering what the Lose the Leathers …
Real riding challenge day 9 is a day of exercises, which kind of ties in pretty well with challenge day 8 of perfect practice. So I thought I would share with you some simple exercises that you can do which will really help to increase your strength, balance and stability in the saddle. And I …
I am back at it! This is my real riding challenge day 6, and Frisby is back to work after his one day off. And today I wanted to share with you what it’s like to ride a lazy horse. Because, well, that’s what Frisby is. And I’m not sure if he is just lazy, …
Welcome back to the real riding challenge day 4! And I think I have already veered off of what I wanted to do, but that’s ok! I’m doing something, and that’s what counts. For the challenge day 4, I decided to take Frisby somewhere I don’t usually ride, in the pasture. You see, my horses …
I Love My Exercise Ball I really do. I bought a Gold’s Gym exercise ball from Amazon for less than $20.00 a few years ago. And I have used it off and on when I would go through my getting in shape phases. Then I would deflate it and hide it away in my closet. …
Budget Equestrian – The Podcast – Episode 19 Talking About Riding and Some Of Our Favorite Equine Products Welcome back to the podcast my favorite equestrians of the internet! Last week I had my friend Lynda on as my guest. And we decided we were going to get together once a month to recap how …
I Have Created A New Habit Last night, I completed my own challenge. And while I am extremely happy to be done with it, I woke up this morning feeling a little lost. Because every day for the past 32 days, I have been getting up at 5:00 AM to work on editing a video, …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 30 Yes, it has happened! We have reached the end of the 30 day confident rider challenge!!!!! Some days went well, and others, well they were a challenge for sure. But it is done! Complete! Finito! And even though the challenge is done, by doing it, I have found new motivation …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 29 Oh yes, day 29 in the challenge! One more day, just one more day! And today is one I have been thinking about for a while, for myself personally. And everyone is different and has their own personal struggles. For whatever reason, mine is cantering for the first time. But …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 26 Better late than never right? This is getting up late because I had to do the trotting in order to create the blog post. And since the forecasted high temperature is 95 degrees here, I had to get out and ride early. So about 2 hours after breakfast, Frisby got …
