I left off saying I just started riding him lightly but as of today my horse is being ridden 5 days a week. He hasn't taken a lame step (for all of you non-horsey people that means he hasn't limped). We started trail riding allot but I have found that for my own personal reasons as well as Tanner's liking we will continue to focus on the arena stuff. Im impressed with all that he still remembers even though its sometimes a fight to keep him motivated. (Reminds me of the Biggest Loser series where as Tanner is a contestant getting in shape and I am the personal trainer; Im going to say I more resemble Jillian aka I will kick his butt).
This leads me to my next point of topic... I have decided to sell my golden palomino. It doesn't really have to do with him its more because when I bought this 2 year old horse I thought I would have all the time in the world to make him into that family horse that everyone wants. I got a reality check when I got approved to graduate and my parents said "guess you are closer to working 9-5!" Made me really think how in the world am I going to have time for a 4 year old horse who needs to be ridden at least 4-5 days a week!!!!
Thats when I realized I was becoming a grown up even if I didn't really want to...
Its been an emotional week of trying to figure out what to do and push aside the feelings I have for him and do what's best for the both of us... So feelings aside I realized its time to sell my beautiful, big hipped, sometimes sassy, horse and move onto the next chapter.
My goal from the start of this blog was to see that my horse recovered... Now that that goal is accomplished I can move to my next goal one that is even more difficult... getting my horse in the best shape and selling him....
Until next time ride tall!
