https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/"Play With Bunny" is now "Bunny's Horsie Blog," where I will record all of my experiences with Mallomar (my horse) and Little L (my daughter's horse) and everything horsey. And I guess I'll talk about the other sports I do, too.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/299784I had my first jumping lesson today, and it was so much fun! I did way better than I thought I would. It was a little scary a few times, but I didn't a.) fall off or b.) fall all over the horse. In fact, I rode well! I rode for a long time today. I wanted to tire Mallomar out before my jumping...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/299302Mallomar usually fusses a little when I pick out his back feet. He likes to pull his foot forward a few times before settling down. I've realized that he's not really trying to pull it away, so I move my hand along with him for his two pulls and then he is fine. Today he didn't pull either foot...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/298522A dedicated washing machine just for horse stuff!https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/298115Today I vaccumed the saddle pads before washing them. I figured this would result in less hair in the washing machine. Imagine my surprise when I found clumps of hair on the saddle pads after washing! I guess it was effective in one way: the hair was clumped, and not spread all over the place. I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/296799When I started riding at 6am it was actually cool! Not as in, "Hey! It's not boiling hot!" but actually cool! It was a lot of fun to ride this morning. I rode for an hour straight, mostly working on my posting trot and doing a lot of figure-eights. Mallomar is now wearing a shocking neon pink...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/294276Today after I was done riding a woman asked me if she could use Mallomar for her jumping class. The trainer who owns the barn likes him to keep in jumping shape, and this woman needs to borrow a horse for class. I decided it would be fun to see someone else ride him and jump. He looks really nice...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/293751Poor Mallomar! He must have been bored to tears today. All we did was trot, trot, trot around and around and around and around and.... But after a while (a long while) I was really getting balanced and I think I was posting lower. Totally unlike Wednesday, however, the canter felt really...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/293223I have moments when my trot actually feels coordinated. And when I rode yesterday, I really felt like I was balanced and controlled at the canter. I am worried about Mallomar's teeth, and his owner won't get back to me about them. I'm sure she doesn't want to spend the money to have him checked...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/291717I actually kept an off-line journal of some of my Mallomar-related experiences. I can't remember why I didn't post them; they probably need to be edited or something. Well, I can't go back, so here's a recap: I got to be a better rider and Mallomar got calmer, so we have really progressed. We...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/bunnyshorsieblog/263794I just did a search on "horse," "horseback" and "riding." The only horse-related blog entries "horse" brought up was this one and a blog that ended over a year ago. The only horse-related blog entries "horseback" brought up were ones I made in The Bunny Blog last year. It was pretty much the same...