Showing posts with label obstacle course. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obstacle course. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Day 89 (Fateful Decision)

Wendy:

It’s been a while since my last blog. We’ve had so much going on here that I haven’t had time to write lately. Murphy has continued to do well and has made improvement everyday in his training, but I had to make a really tough decision recently about whether or not to take him back to Oklahoma or compete in the Mustang challenge. Through several days of praying and asking God what I needed to do I felt I got a clear answer to take him back. I won’t go into all the details, but the decision had nothing to do with Murphy. He is a wonderful horse and with a little more training will make someone a great partner. I just wasn’t able to have my cake and eat it too. There is a possibility that my mustang could have still been competitive to the extreme and been able to pull off a win, but with my lack of extra time and more on my schedule than I could handle, I felt that I needed to put more time into him that what I had to give. I enjoyed working with Murphy and building the relationship with him and I was very happy to hear that he would be going to another trainer to be finished out and eventually sold. I was really worried that all that hard work would go down the drain. I wanted to include several pictures of Murphy on our last obstacle course workout and also other special pictures of my little boy Tristan that I thought would get a laugh. This kid’s got potential, he is already helping mom teach a clinic, and man can he clean those stalls. Ha ha

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Day 72 through 79 (Everyday little things...)

Wendy:
Murphy did well this week, we rode mostly in the arena, and worked on steering exercises, vertical flexion, stopping, backing, etc (nothing extreme mind you...).

My makeover mustang is coming along nicely and is learning fast. I had the farrier come and do his feet on Friday and we took a trip to the vet again that afternoon. Murphy took it all in stride. He was a little nervous with the farrier, but John does such a good job and helps the horses to really relax. He’s one of the best farrier’s we’ve ever had when it comes to working with young horses.

This week I also ran Murphy through the obstacle course again just to see what he would do, and he was really good. His leading is getting better and he doesn’t shy at things as much as he did. He will take a look at things first and then just follow my direction. Grooming, clipping, saddling and your everyday things are just normal to him now. I never thought this day would come. Ha ha