> BK :>Well I first put her in the head set I wanted and just used
> BK :>the riens tied back through the saddle rings while I ground
> BK :>worked her..
 
> Oh....not so bad!
 
Not at all.. understand that the time spent this way is very very short. It 
was basically round penning with her head set.  
 
> BK :>I dug out an old set of Side pulls that I'm using only as I
> BK :>need to. More then anything else.. I've got to find a bit
> BK :>she likes. So I"m going to be playing musical bits this
> BK :>weekend since I won't have any time for it next week.
 
> What are you using now?
 
Plain old fashioned Copper mouthed D ring snaffle. :)
 
 
>  I went through the great bit thing with both
> Shiloh and Fiddle.  Fid's in a plain, lightweight snaffle at the moment,
> Shiloh in a French snaffle.  Shiloh came having been put in a copper
> roller, but I think she really didn't like it...actually, she'd been
> ridden in a side pull (?) prior to any bit at all.  I don't think she was
> ever properly bitted. I'm even thinking of going with a mullen with her.
 
A Mullen?  Oh man I'd have to go look this up. Tired tired tired and it just 
won't come to mind. 
 
> BK :>CJ got a 50 minute trot tonight while I was riding with a
> BK :>friend.. we were gabbing away about his calvary days in
> BK :>Germany just after the war..  It was such a nice ride..
> BK :>pleasant but warm day and I had CJ in a slow jog to keep
> BK :>her in pace with this fellows TB...  I was so involved with
> BK :>the ride that after enough time went by.. CJ decided to
> BK :>spook to get my attention (Well it was the 4th and plenty
> BK :>of firecrackers were going off)..  realized how long we'd
> BK :>been riding and the spook kinda got her ouchy.. so we
> BK :>quite. Longest ride I'd been on her in a long time.. and
> BK :>she did work up a lather.
 
> Sounds like fun.  One of the things I miss is having someone else around
> to ride with.
 
Yep, Don's a good guy.. but normally I don't ride with him.. he normally 
rides with his boyfriend (ah yep).. But he's really a nice sweet older guy 
and very worldly.. fun to chat when I get a chance. I won't join the ride 
over in griffith park crowd. I've given up being suicidal. ;)   
 
 
>  Richard seems to have given it up (g).  Thistle used to
> spook after a long ride when I was really relaxed and not paying much
> attention to her...they have their ways, don't they!
 
Yep... Sonny was notorious for this.. especially after a few hour ride. ;)
 
 
> BK :>old.. Tush was fine with the fireworks, chuckle.. she was
> BK :>more interested in the 3 year old gelding.. he's kind of a
> BK :>cutey. ;)
> BK :>
> BK :>My daughter the slut! ;)
 
> Nah...just my daughter the mare!
 
Hee hee.. boy she was something else today.. the edge was off becuase we had 
a long play session yesterday and she let it alllll out.. chuckle.. in fact 
she got so high when a neighbor pulled up with a horse trailer.. that she cut 
her lip (not that serious.. no vet).
 
It took me about 5 minutes to get her mind of work.. rode her for about 20 
minutes.. did some trotting also..  rode her again later on but that was 
about a 10 minute ride.   
 
 
> BTW, my friend showed her D-Bar yearling  palomino  filly last
> weekend...took 2nd in both color classes, and 6th in western pleasure
> halter mares and QH mares.
 
Western pleasure halter mares? You're mixing classes here.. unless they do 
thing VERY different back there. 
 
> Not bad for her first time out!  I'd never met her trainer, but if I were
> to send a young horse out for in-hand training, she's the one I'd use.
> This filly was sooooo good and well behaved and the woman treated her
> with great kindness.  Obviously she'd done a good job.
 
Nice to hear for a change..  Heckl even Tush is getting a touch kissy faced 
since she's been watching Mom get saddled for awhile now. With CJ you'd darn 
well better spend a few moments being affecionate. CJ needs her re-assurance. 
:)
 
I had a touch of MSM left over.. it seems to be helping quite a bit. I came 
REAL close to lopping her today.. but she was wary of my stress levels (I had 
some stuff on my mind), so I decided not to try it.. I'll wait till we're 
both level headed. 
 
Tush doesn't seem to pick up on that kind of stuff... she's more interested 
in what's going on around her. Zippo PIne Bar horses seem to be REAL curious.
 
Heck I even had Tush in the arena with a novice and her mare.. the Novice 
(cute blonde my age).. didn't know to stay away.. Tush behaved herself just 
fine. :)
 
  
                                    BK 
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