What A Day

Boy, WHAT A DAY! We were running a little behind by the time we got everything together and finished with Breakfast, so I didn't have time to groom Brizzee--she was a little messy. But oh well.

Trailer loadin' went really good this morning. She waited until I got in on the right side before she followed on the left side (we took our two horse straight load trailer). She didn't paw or anything on the L-O-N-G drive up there. But she was very excited to get out of the trailer once we got there.

David gave her the "dope" shot first before I put her in the chute thing, and she followed me right in. She was pretty confident the whole time. It took her a while when we finished to remember how to actually step up into the trailer. lol. I was worried she was going to fall. hehehe. But her teeth were okay. He said there were a few points, and that she chews mainly on her right side, but other then that there were no problems.

After we got back home my mom and I played with her a little bit. My mom helped me "sideways" her towards me, and she didn't really good with that. We ended it where my mom didn't need to help and she took two steps towards me! And then we worked on tapping her feet to lift them. She still either takes a step back or forwards, but it's a start anyways. And we did some Stick to Me at the trot again. She is doing so much better at that! I think she's beginning to trust and look to me as her leader!!! YAY!! Today was a super great day. She was trying so hard to do the right thing when we played with her...and for the very last thing we did, she got a very nice leg massage. She stood completely still, her nose touching the ground as I massaged her legs. It was so cute!

Here are some pics:

Yummy---not. lol.

Savvy Out,

*~Randa~ & ~Brizzee~*

Today's the day!!

We are just getting ready to leave for the Vet's today =-) I'm so excited. Yesterday Brizzee and I played with the trailer. My mom parked it right on the grass, so of course we all know how that was! lol. Here are the games we played with it:

Squeeze Game - - between me and the trailer.
Circling Game with Change of Direction -- Change of direction between me and the trailer, so kind of the squeeze game.
Sideways Game -- along down the trailer.
Transitions at the Circling Game--She wanted the grass and was annoyed when I kept asking her to go, so she would either trot, or else eat the grass. So I "stopped" her when she was between me and the horse trailer.

It went pretty good. She didn't go into the trailer, but we played around it and stuff and she wasn't unconfident or anythign. She's just stubborn and doesn't want to go in there. lol.
Today we're going to play with it a little more.

We did the Stick to Me at the trot too, yesterday. That was really fun! And we did the sideways game all the way down the semi trailer. That was interesting. Brizzee kept sticking her head under the trailer, like "darn, I'm too big to fit under there." It was funny.

Anyways, I'd better go. I'm so excited about taking her to the Vet today!! :-)

Savvy On,
*~Randa~ & ~Brizzee~*

Tit for Tat and Indirect Rein

Yay! I played with Brizzee on the ground yesterday, and she actually did a spin! I was so excited. I don't exactly remember how I did it or how it happened, but she spun around in a complete circle and afterwards she ASKED me a question! I was so excited! And we did a few driving things also. I would squeeze her between our truck and trailer and the motor home. I had her go in first and then I followed. She was pretty confident with that. Sometimes she's okay with me walking behind her and "driving" her, other times she just keeps trying to turn her HQ away and face me, that's okay. We're playing with it =-)

Today we did some Freestyle things. That was pretty fun. I accidentally left my Natual Hackamore in my room from practicing with the "rein positions", so I used the Bozale--however you spell it--with her today. It went really good! She was somewhat listening to me, and everything, though she tried to get her few bites of that so delicious green grass. lol.

Walking down the side of the corral Brizzee decided that she wanted to turn back. I asked her to go a little bit and she didn't want to, so we started getting in an argument. After she stopped facing the direction she didn't want to go, I thought I would try the Tit for Tat, and see if I could Indirect rein her and turn her so that we would be facing in the direction she wanted to go. We haven't done a lot of those because I kept getting confused until the Sept. Savvy DVD came. That helped a lot! But she did it! It was wonderful and felt great! Today I think was one of the best Freestyle days we've had in--forever! We didn't do anything fancy or anything, but we felt connected, and in tune. I think I was on my Balance point, and when I wanted to turn left, it felt so natural when I lifted my leg and "looked" with my body. I'm practicing, practicing, practicing with everything in my body before I get on her, and I think it's finally beginning to pay off, I hope ;-)

Tomorrow we MIGHT be herding cows. I'm not sure but a friend of my mom's is hauling cattle into the sale, and they might need our help with the horses to seperate them and everything. It sounds like it'll be fun if we get to help and take the horses. I just have no idea how Brizzee will act in a strange place especially with Ute there. She'll probably go right back to being "herd sweet" and need to stay close with him. But I'll just play with any horse that shows up! And on Thursday Brizzee gets to go to the Dentist...so exciting! My dentist appointment for today was cancelled, the Dentist was sick...YIPPEE! Oh, I mean sorry Mr. Dentist but yippee!! lol.

Savvy On,
*~Randa~ & ~Brizzee~*
PS. I'm really hoping to get the video done this week, I hope. Whenever I'm playing with Brizzee my mom is never around to film me...I wish I had a younger sibling. lol.

So...

One thing I hate about Autumn / Winter when the weather starts getting cooler, besides the cold, of course. lol. Is the seasonal flu that comes with it! ARGG! I have been sick since Monday with this blasted cold. I think it's finally starting to lift a little bit. I don't know if I'll ever be able to catch my nose or not, but my head isn't pounding anymore and I can stay awake. LOL. We haven't really done anything with the horses this week besides put a very LOOSE web halter on the filly before turning her out in the paddock with our old mare (www.parellifromthegroundup.blogspot.com)

But other then that not much has been going on. When I glimpsed out there this evening I see that my horse is all wooly'd up and looking like a pony. She's so pretty in the spring and summer, but when she gets her winter coat it...not sure. lol. But she's still my pretty girl :-)

Kay, well I gotta take some medicine. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get to play with her a little bit. She's get a "dentist" appointment a week from tomorrow (Thursday). So we're going to do some stuff with the trailer and "simulating" going into the gate / chute thing. Let's see, I can walk her thru, back her in, sideways her, move her forequarters and then her hindquarters...hmm, interesting! lol.

Over and out,
Randa.

Pictures

Here are the pictures I promised!!


We just brought her home today. Check out http://www.parellifromthegroundup.blogspot.com/ to learn more about this weanling!

Now, meet Kaelee Alet:

Isn't she adorable?!

*~Randa~*

SHE'S FINALLY HERE!!

After nine months, and and 5 days over due, my neice finally arrived at 6:20 PM tonight!! YIPPEE! I am so excited, I am an Aunt again. Though I did hear about something very sad today--no, two things, actually, having a new Niece and being another Aunt again is still exciting! We just have to live in the moment, and appreciate what we have, and focus on the happy things, not dwell on the sad thigns, and I am planning on doing just that.

Tomorrow morning my mom and I are probalby going to go in and see my big sis and her new daughter! My sister has a son AND daughter now, how exciting is that? Now she just needs to quit acting as if she is MY mother. lol.

I will post pics of her tomorrow, if my sister says it's okay =-) I love new born babies, they're so cute. Then agian, my year and a half year old nephew is pretty dang cute too.

Tomorrow evening we will probably pick up Mikkah, the filly. Everything is happening all at once! This week has just gone by so fast, and it's been so busy. Hopefully now that baby is here and hopefully after we bring Mikkah home tomorrow, hopefully next week we can all relax, breathe, and get caught up with things lol.

Boy, I do want that Babysiting job (thankfully they haven't called me yet!) for the money and stuff so that I can start saving to go to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, I really don't want to do that or have time really to do that. I can already hear my sister asking me to stay with her and help her with her two kids, but I don't think I can do that.

Though this is only my first year of High School, I still have my whole future planned. I'm hopign to save up enough money to go to the University of Idaho in Moscow, and take a Writing, Editing, Theatre, and some kind of horse course. I want to at least get a Bachelor's degree in Editing so that I can be an editor after I'm grown up. That will hopefully bring in enough money to help other horses using Parelli Natural Horse Man Ship. I don't think I want to be a Parelli Professional because I don't think I woudl get along to good with other people, I'm not very good with people in person. But I still want to go as far as I can with Parelli and help horses, so that's what I'm shooting for: becoming an editor, edit books professionally, and of course, continue writing books. Being an actress would be nice, but that's more of a "fantasy dream" than an actaul "dream". Being a writer and editor is more important right now then being an actress.

But anywho, I promise I will post pics today or tomorrow of my new niece if my sister okays it, and I will keey y'all posted on that and Mikkah. I'm hoping we'll bring her home tomorrow, my fingers are crossed!

Savvy On,
~Randa~ & ~Brizzee~

Calm, Confident = Left Brain

WOW!! Holy crap, I can't beleive that it's 9:10 on Monday morning already! It seemed like time has just gone by like taht. I'm beginning to wonder if it's the end of November here already from the six inches of SNOW we got yesterday, Oct. 4th! Boy, the weather is crazy.

Anyhoo, I didn't have anyone to record me playing with Brizzee on Thursday, or Friday, so I don't ahve the video yet. But I'm hoping that sometime this week, after the snow clears (Snow!), we'll get 'er done.

On Saturday we took Brizzee to the Team Sorting. That was an interesting/fun experience! She didn't really load at first. She got a little Right Brain, and was trying to push past me and stuff. It wasn't helping that my mom was kind standing on the side and behind her with the Carrot Stick. I didn't really like that either. But I finally went in the two horse trailer on the right side, and then Brizzee came right on up on the left side without any problem! Wow! Is she following / trusting her leader? =-)

At the Team Sorting she did really good. She was calm, and pretty confident. Except she was lazy, as always. I used the Bozzel on her though. The Natural Hackamore works really good around here, but when we go somewhere I need something a little stronger then that, though I hate to use it. But she did very good, and was very light and responsive. She was lazy, so my mom had me put on some spurs!! I hated that idea, but they were the kind of spurs that only has a solid ball on the end, so they weren't too bad. I kept riding with my heels and spurs pointingout so I woudln't even accidentally nudge her. But the difference was I had those on was amazing! If I wanted to turn to the right, I would just have to turn my body in that direction, direct rein, and nudge her just a little with the spur and she turned really well! Actaully, before we left I didn't even have to use the spur at all. I don't want to use the spurs again though, no way. I can't wait until I'm able to get the Cradle Bridle with the C3 bit. I think that would do Brizzee and I wonders. The Savvy Club DVD about Rein Position really helps too. I like what Pat said about the only thing you need to know about riens is that you have a right, and a left.

While we were at the Team Sorting I had put my coat up on a fence, and after I rode Brizzee aroudn a little, I rode her up to my coat and grabbed it. She sidepassed and backed up a little bit, but other then that she was fine. I rubbed her all over with it, and then tossed it to the ground and she didn't even lift her head or anything. That was exciting!

Today I need to call our vet in Albion and set an appointment to get her teeth floated. She hasn't had that done yet this year and when she chews she tips her head way over to the side, and the few times when she said "cheese" yesterday I noticed a big red sore on her top lip. I think she must have gotten kicked or something by one of the horses, so we are going to take her down to the vet sometime and get her all fixed up! :-)

Well, now that fun is over so I guess I shoudl get crackin' on school. It would be so nice if we only had to have school subjects on horses/ parelli (and Twilight too!).

One more thing, we didn't bring Gunsmoke, which my mom is thinking about calling her Mikkah now, home yesterday like mom had originally planned cause of the snow. She's hoping that Wednesday will be better and we can bring her home then. It's funny how time seems to fly by so fast, and then when you want it to fly past, it seems like it's taking FOREVER.

I may have a babysitting job now too. A friend of ours at the Team Sorting knows some people that are looking for a babysitter, so I gave him my number. At least if I do get this babysitting job, at least I will get paid. My brother and sister don't pay me because they figure that I'm family anyways. So yeah, it sounds like my winter is beginning to get planned out for me too.

Savvy On,
*~Randa~ & ~Brizzee~*

PICTURES

First of all, here are some pictures of the weanling I am going to start playing with/teaching. So far we are thinking about calling her Gunsmoke. We haven't played with her yet, just took pictures. Right now she is out in a pen with five other horses, and they want to soak up all the attention. lol. And her mama doesn't really like people, we've noticed, so she always stays away, but here are some pics...

So brave, she's smelling a human's hand!!!

She's hiding between her mama (left) and her 3 and half year old sister (right)

She was a bit curious about the camera I was holding.

Peek - A - Boo

That's the mama and Gunsmoke's nose. Mama allmost looks sad...

Boy, I can't wait till we bring her "home"! She's going to be so fun to play with, and I'm sure I will learn A LOT with her!! ;-)

Now, for the rest. hehe. I've been so excited the last few days about getting enough time to play with Brizzee and stuff that I've sorta, kinda, just a little bit got behind in school. So, here is my plan for right now:

1. In the early mornings do simple subjects in school until the horses are done eating, and then go out and play with Brizzee, Gunsmoke, and whoever else.

2. Since I learn better in the afternoon (and I can do stuff on the computer after dark) I will do school after noon, when I finsihed playing with the horses. I will do the subjects I have tests, assignments, etc in first, and then the rest. Maybe I can get a full week in Algebra done 1 day, and the same with other subjects so then maybe I could get a head...maybe.

3. Depending on how soon I get done with school, I will either play with the horses some more in the evening, clean up my room or around the computer (my "workspace"), or else I will write! So, hopefully that will work out and I will get everything accomplished that I need to. But darn, it's so hard to get your mind out of horses and Parelli and into school...=-(

Later on today (after I finish school), I'm going to go play with Brizzee some more, and I'm hoping that my mom will camcord some of our play sessions, and then I can download it onto YouTube! I will keep ya'll posted.

*~Randa~*