adventures await!!

Happy weekend everyone!! Just a quickie post today featuring pictures of the horse world's newest power couple: Charlie and Bella!!!

"we want to be one of those adorably sweet couples that always match. like here, where we're wearing the same facial expressions!" - Charlie

Charlie and I headed over to OF yesterday for our weekly lesson.... except I was super late and didn't get to jump, womp womp, my bad. It was still a good ride tho and really at this point it's more about going through the motions and getting that mileage on the horse anyway. There's plenty of time to learn the finer points of jumping eventually lol.

charlie is relaxed and happy with company

Mostly tho it was just fun to get out and ride with my friends and get media of some of Charlie's progress (details forthcoming later!!).

obviously stuffing them with carrots helps bolster equine satisfaction lol

And while I was there with the truck and trailer, Brita and I planned to get in a little trailer practice with her new lease horse Bella. Bella's been on trailers before so we expected her to be fine. And she was. So we took it a step further and practiced with both horses on. Didn't drive anywhere - just chucked 'em both on to see how they'd react.

happy campers!

Verdict? They were great! Not a single pinned ear or squeal. Both were super quiet and actually seemed more relaxed and at ease with company than either had been alone. Methinks this bodes well for all the grand schemes and adventures Brita and I are dreaming up for the coming year!!

twu wuv!!!!
and obvi brita declared that bella's trailer tie be bright pink. i couldn't agree more!!!! just wish it was a tad longer... 

It's kinda funny - I got the same questions from an onlooker that I occasionally get here on the blog: Why bother? She didn't understand why Brita and I went through this whole little theatrical rehearsal, why we bothered practicing. Because she'd never had problems before and doesn't really think it's a big deal.

d'aww

Which I guess is totally fair. Tho I would point out that I've never had problems trailering before either, have never been in a situation where we were stuck or in trouble or needed help. And personally I'd like to keep it that way haha!

I turned the tables on her and asked if she ever regretted practicing anything with horses ahead of time. She kinda shrugged at this, but for me it counts for something. Brita and I assumed that Bella would be fine on the trailer, and she was. We figured that having both horses on together would be also be fine, and it was.

But.... Now we know. We don't have to guess. It'll be one less thing to think about, one less unknown, when we're scheduling some outing for which I'll pick Brita and Bella up and hit the road. And that's reassuring to me (and Brita), and makes this little extra effort of practicing totally worth it.

Especially since.... well. We've got plans, y'all!! Not this week, and not next week either. But soon!!!