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Apr. 27th, 2009 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickI took Nick out today to look at the ground poles I painted over the weekend.
She was not impressed with the pretty blue-and-white stripes that I painted on the poles. (The poles are landscape timbers, treated. They are eight feet long. Each one has four 2' long stripes in alternating blue and white.) She was concerned about the poles and we had to go through a certain amount of drama before she went over the ground poles at a walk... but go over them, she did. And we turned around and went the other way. That was fine, too. We went around the tree island and came back and went over the ground poles some more at a walk.
We walked over the ground poles several more times. By this time, the drama was over. More walking over the ground poles, followed by trotting at a rated speed (on the flat and un-ground-poled ground around the tree island). We need to work on rating our trot so that we do not fall on our forehand and go helling down the road. A nice, steady rhythm would be nice, with an adjustable stride length. I've made a note.
Also, horse jogged (slowly) over ground poles without accellerating or killing herself. This was after she'd walked over them about twenty times without incident. We're going to measure them at 4' distances next time (using a tape measure or something) and see what *that* does. Also, any time you change stuff, you start back at the walk again.
Anyway, that all went pretty well. There are ground poles. They are set up in two groups of four (eight poles total) and are conveniently located for everybody. Plus, my horse walks over them without issue now. Yay!
She was not impressed with the pretty blue-and-white stripes that I painted on the poles. (The poles are landscape timbers, treated. They are eight feet long. Each one has four 2' long stripes in alternating blue and white.) She was concerned about the poles and we had to go through a certain amount of drama before she went over the ground poles at a walk... but go over them, she did. And we turned around and went the other way. That was fine, too. We went around the tree island and came back and went over the ground poles some more at a walk.
We walked over the ground poles several more times. By this time, the drama was over. More walking over the ground poles, followed by trotting at a rated speed (on the flat and un-ground-poled ground around the tree island). We need to work on rating our trot so that we do not fall on our forehand and go helling down the road. A nice, steady rhythm would be nice, with an adjustable stride length. I've made a note.
Also, horse jogged (slowly) over ground poles without accellerating or killing herself. This was after she'd walked over them about twenty times without incident. We're going to measure them at 4' distances next time (using a tape measure or something) and see what *that* does. Also, any time you change stuff, you start back at the walk again.
Anyway, that all went pretty well. There are ground poles. They are set up in two groups of four (eight poles total) and are conveniently located for everybody. Plus, my horse walks over them without issue now. Yay!
