Up To Bat: Leah the Lover Girl

I’ve been working with Leah, off and on, alongside Tweed this year with the hope of her being a light trail horse for my husband. 

One thing about my husband, he’s rather fearless. He just jumps right on and giddies up. 

The old girl wanted to race back to the trailer, so I told him to direct her into a circle whenever she sped up, and that cured it. (The above video is an obstacle with criss cross beams). 

The car wash. She's quite oblivious to “whoa,” but I had her stopping on a dime at home, so I know she knows. I need to help him get her “whoa” on. 

The logs. These logs are very large, and Tumbleweed does them easily, but I was surprised to see that Leah also did them with no problem. 

He’s not a fan of being given advice, but they do need slack when they’re coming off an object like that. 

Tumbleweed is a pro at the sandbox. 

We’re kind of limited what we can do until they get shoes on, so we’re going to keep doing the tuneups at the obstacle course, and Leah needs it. They both do. Tweed needs a tuneup in being herd bound. He really has taken on the role of herd stallion, and she’s a mare in his harem. When other horses get near her…watch out. And there were other horses yesterday, so he spent some quality time in the round pen with me. 

When we got home, my daughter and I baked a cake for mu husband’s birthday. He requested lemon poppyseed. 

It was deliciously dangerous. 

Oh, one last thing. I had Cowboy’s bridle set aside after he died, but I couldn’t help borrowing his tassels for Tumbleweed’s. A bit of dejavú yesterday as they swung from side to side off Tweed. It fills my heart to see it.