A Fun Day with Friends!

July 18th.

Today I went out to Rebecca and Savvanah's place to play with them and do some horsemanship stuff!
I gave them an on the ground lesson and then gave them some pointers while they were riding. Mostly I just watched and took pictures, but it was really fun! But then she let me ride for a while and Savy did great! She is such a good girl! And Rebecca, (drumroll please!) passed her Parelli Level 2!!! WOOHOO REBECCA!!!!! :-) So proud of you guys!! So now we're going to learn from different horsemen together and we can further our relationships with our horses! :-) Lots of fun!


So today, mom and I are taking it easy after a really busy morning. I am exhausted though! lol!
Hopefully things will settle down soon and get back to normal.




~Lea & Eddie~

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you;
      Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
      I will strengthen you,
      Yes, I will help you,
      I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ 

Christianity and Horses

Hey there people!

It was another hot day here today, so I took Eddie for a walk and hosed him off. He was really enjoying it! And enjoying it more when I brought out popices!

Lol! hehe! Anyway,

Check out my new tab at the top of this page called Christianity & Horses. :-) It was really fun to make!

~Lea & Eddie~

A Wonderful Session!

Today Eddie and I had a great play session!
We did some more long reins (picked up where we left off on Monday) and he did awesome with them. We just played with being connected and doing transitions with the littlest amount of pressure possible. Which was usually just a change in my breathing and a point with my finger. So that was really fun! Then we played with me changing my focus while we were running.
So we would be going along, pointed towards one thing (or place) then I would change my body focus to a log or something easy to see. He did really good with that, and it really got him thinking and me thinking as well! Kept me clever, and him engaged!
We finished with going to the pedestal, and then I hopped on for a little bit. Lately, after we do these kinds of sessions, where it's all a brain game, we are so ready for riding! Much more ready than I would ever have been if we just did some tasks. So I hopped on, and every time he would turn around, look at me and I could tell that he was going, "Where now, mom?" It was really neat, and hopefully we'll be able to ride more, because we had a lot of fun!!

We ended there (and did a few minutes of cavaletties) and then we went inside to cool off.

It was really fun, and I think we both like using our brains more than our bodies!

~Lea & Eddie~

Numbers 22:28-30

²⁸ Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
²⁹ And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me...."
³⁰ So the donkey said to Balaam, “ Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?”
And he said, “No.”  


(I love this verse for so many reasons!) :-)

Thoughts on...

Galatians.

5:22-23 to be exact.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Well, I'm going to give credit for this idea to Mrs. Schirmer, who is a very close friend of the family. I had actually thought of it before, but she encouraged me to write about it.

So, how does this relate to horses? All the things stated above do.

Use all these things with your horse!

Love

Joy

Peace

Patience

Kindness

Goodness

Faithfulness

Gentleness

and Self Control

And if we apply all these things to horses and humans alike, then we'll have an incredible relationship with our horse!

In Galatians, it also goes on to say that "Love is above all else," So even when we fail in other aspects of our fruits of the Spirit, then love will make up for that. Horses know when you're trying to help them, and they will be patient with you in return. :-)

There's more to come on this, but I just wanted to introduce it first!

~Lea & Eddie~

Eddie's Teeth

Well, here is an overview of Eddie's diagnosis.
HE IS FINE!!!!
Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!
So our vet floated his teeth and he won't need it for a long while now. It was hard on Eddie with the tranquilizers, but he did good and trusted me and now he is recovering and as happy as a clam!

So, we'll probably play on Thursday or maybe go for a walk tomorrow. But we're just going to take it slow, and see what happens day by day. :-)

~Lea & Eddie~
(who is feeling a lot better!)

Philippians 2:9-11

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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www.TrustMeNaturally.blogspot.com

So Soft & Light!!

This morning, Eddie and I had an incredible play session!
We started out with some small things, like balancing up with myself and his mind, so that we were both on the same page. Which took about 15 minutes because we haven't played for about 5 or 6 days. So we did a little bit of stick to me, and just feeling things out. 
Then we did some cavaletti therapy and he did really well! We trotted over those together a few times and then I decided to work on my softness and lightness. I dropped my stick, because I was using it way too much, and then we went to small 10 foot long reins.
Oh, that was such a learning experience! But it was a really good on!! I was finding that I had to encourage him a lot to get him going and have him not eat. But then once I picked a target and got it in my mind "We are going there!" Then everything was perfect! All it took was a thought to go forward, and I just sent all my energy towards the thing we were going to. We did that for 4 or 5 things and then we went down the south line at a trot, which is about 300 feet long and we jumped the log together at the end of the line. It was so much fun, and I could just feel all my focus going towards one thing, and he felt it too!
Plus I have been working on my breathing. Because I realized that I only take little gasps when I play with Eddie, which causes me not to focus. So it's deep, abdominal breathing for me!
Beath in... :-O beath out.... :-o
hehe!


Anyway, it was an amazing play time and I think we will have a lot of fun playing with all these new things together! :-)


~Lea & Eddie~

Matthew 4:4

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

A Quick Little Message

Today, we took it easy again, because it was a really busy day, I didn't want to aggravate Eddie's tooth, and it was pretty warm out. I did trim Eddie though, and he was really good! :-)



~Lea & Eddie~

Exodus 20:4

"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in 
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

Hooves

Well (I start my posts with that a lot, don't ya think?!) Today I took Eddie for a little walk, let him graze and kept an eye on him. He is much better, and I would say, almost back to normal!!! Which is great, and I just hope that he doesn't have to have it pulled on Tuesday. Fingers crossed, head bowed and hands folded! :-)

Anyway, I sat with Diesel as he slept and laid down, and then I took Scout for a little walk today too! I think I'm getting used to the hot weather, because it was pretty hot today! ;-)

So, without much to talk about what happened today... I thought I would bring up a fun topic that I love!

HOOVES!

I am fascinated by them!! Truly fascinated!!!

I love their ligaments, digtal cushions, sole plans and frogs! hehe!!

So, needless to say, that's one reason why I decided to take Kc La Pierre's 5-Day course in August. And I am so excited about it!!

Anyway, I have been trimming Diesel and keeping Eddie's feet rounded off and keeping him from chipping in between trims. They are looking great! I very pleased with how they look!

I like trimming so much, that I took this hoof diagram and trimmed it up because the two was long. ;-) hehe!

Here is Eddie's foot int he summer of 2008

And here is Eddie's foot in the winter of 2009. Look at how healthy his wall is!!! And his frogs!! WOOHOO!!!

I'm also learning so much from different horse forums, and they all have a hoofcare section. So it's interesting to see people trimming well, and not so well. It's very good discernment!

Anyway, I better stop before I go on and on, and make you all confused!

~Lea & Eddie~

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;