The Muddy Mississippi

The Muddy, Mighty Mississippi River definitely lives up to its name. However, now the rest of Mississippi is mighty muddy as well. It has been pouring cats and dogs for TWO entire days now, and does not seem to want to rest! On top of that, the ground is already so saturated that we have flash flood warning, and more importantly, it's going to take forever for the pastures and ring to dry :(

Am I being too selfish to ask the rain to stop? For once in a long while I have a happy, sound horse to ride, and now I can't. I see many road hacks in our future...(if it ever stops pouring.)


This was the ring at the end of LAST week...before the monsoons resumed yesterday.

Isn't it beautiful??

So instead of riding, I went out and gave heath a bajillion cookies...maybe too many.


This face doesn't make me look guilty at all does it?

I'm pretty sure he knows how cute he is too...

So what have I been doing if there is no riding to do?

Slaving away on The Wholesome Horse's website of course and updating my facebook page:

www.facebook.com/thewholesomehorse

(School work? No thanks.)

I haven't decided if it is going to become a LLC or not, and if anyone has experience with that, it would be greatly appreciated!

Hope you all are enjoying the sun and warmth...it is literally 32* and RAINING here.

ilovemississippiilovemississippiilovemississppi...I will just keep telling that to myself.

XC Schooling!

So back in December I got to go XC schooling! It was really fun and much needed after a rather nonexistent riding season. Previously I had only jumped Heath around a few small courses and hadn't done any XC on him, yet alone anyone this year!

I did a bunch of ditches and BN/N jumps. I even got to drop down a bank into the pond! It was seriously fun and I got a video of the bank! Hope you enjoy. Just a little clip :)

Website update

Okay - have changed the name of the website and have made some changes to the design...

The Wholesome Horse
www.thewholesomehorse.com

More critiques would be great! I have really appreciated every single critique so far, I think constructive criticism is a wonderful tool and I hope I have changed/fixed a lot in a short amount of time!


Also, a quick pic of the new guy ; )

Meet Heath!

New Years and Some Help Please!

I'm not going to lie...2012 was not overly friendly to me in the horse department. I did a whopping 1 and a half hunter shows, and no horse trials. Last year, I did roughly 10 A shows and 4 horse trials. Big difference from the norm!

And the reason for this was my boys. Romeo is seemingly doing well in his third rehab stint, but Johnny is not really making any progress since his surgery. He actually got WORSE after surgery (we are talking lame at the walk!), but when he got reshod, he seemed to improve and is probably a 1-2/5 lame depending on the day.

" 'ello ladies. "

Additionally, I've been working really hard on my new website! However, while I initially named my new company, I'm not sure how I feel about it now. Here are the ideas I have so far...and I REALLY need your help!

mississippi equine supply
the wholesome horse
the eclectic equine
the elite equine
elite equine ___ (supply? shop?)

My website is here, and I'd really like come critiques. I can change whatever needs changing, including the name/website. If anyone does websites or knows anything, I'd really like some feedback/help!!!


Also...next post I will be talking about the new guy in my life...aka my new half lease horse. :) excited!

Sorry...

Had an unfortunate year in the horse world...

My A/O became lame in May at a horse show and after an MRI at Rood and Riddle is seemingly permanently lame. Romeo is on his 3rd attempt at a rehab, but is feeling better after an additional injection to his deep digital flexor sheath.

I am however half leasing a horse at my eventing barn and hope to be competing him early on in the 2013 season. He is big and beautiful! I can't wait.

My business is slowly growing and I am quite excited about that. Most of the year I have focused on undergraduate and my vet school application.

Sorry for the lack of updates! I have really had nothing to update about as I have probably ridden less than 20 times since May.