Trail Ride!

Well, it's been a few days since I went on this legendary trail ride, but I have been busy and tired and everything else so I forgot to update but now I have more to talk about! Yay!

My friend, Alicia, invited me to a trail ride on Saturday at her barn. It was really fun! I rode Yada and my mom rode Louize western (only way I trusted my mom riding her in case Louize acted silly). There were 8 of us total at first but one had to turn back because her horse was acting up and then the other turned back after a while because she needed to head back to the barn.

The first issue with Yada came up when we had to cross a stream about 10 feet across. She REFUSED to go across. It came down to me, Louize, and the lady who turned back after the stream and she wouldn't budge. Alicia got off Gizmo and tried to lead her across but she wasn't having that. She led Louize across hoping that would convince Yada but that didn't do the trick. After 15 minutes of struggling, I got off and into the water to get her across. I tried my hardest but she refused to move! After a few minutes, I realized I had a peppermint in my pocket so I used that to try to convince Yada the water wasn't so bad. IT WORKED! She went across and once she was in the water she could care less about it! SUCCESS! I knew it was good to not give up! I was refusing to give up on her!

We continued on and she did really well! She stepped over logs without giving them a second thought because we already practiced trotting over poles so she was a pro! She did well on the road with cars driving but, going around a gate into the woods, walking across the road, etc. On the way back, she started to get more irritated with the bugs and had to be glued to Louize's side. The bugs always drive Yada nuts! She hates bugs but seems to hate fly spray too, so there's nothing I can really do. At least she had ears on so they weren't driving them crazy too. Everything was going well and we were trotting along when Louize started cantering. It was my mom's first ever canter on a horse! YAY! However, this made Yada start acting up because Louize was running away.

When we got back to the stream, Yada practically jumped the whole thing! She will make a great jumper when she gets older! She caught me off guard, haha! She was NOT letting Louize get away, though. She got in and out of the water as fast as she could.

We even had a little face off with two drunk guys while we were headed back! Apparently we didn't realize the land belonged to someone else. We thought we called and asked permission to go on everyone's land but we missed one guy and his friends were really mad we were there! Guess he had security cameras and saw us. Oh well, that sucks. We finally talked them down and left and things were fine. Ali, the lady leading us, called the owner of the land and he was very upset. Turns out, the guys were pot dealers and I guess they were growing back there so they weren't happy we were "snooping". We didn't see anything so not sure what their issue was. Last time we go through there, for sure!

By the time we got back, it had been 3 hours! Yada and Louize were quite sweaty! We took them home and made sure they got some water and then went back to my friend's barn for the BBQ after. They had really great food there! By the end of the day, it was getting too dark and chilly to hose off the horses but they were happy just hanging out in their pasture. I did shower them the next day and now they're all clean and happy! I do need to wash their saddle pads, though...

In other news, my friend Calleigh left Coldbrook Equestrian Center! She's riding a friend's horses at Wild Ivy and working their now! Jill Schnedler still hasn't paid her for working but claims to pay Calleigh when she gets the money... like that will happen.

Also, apparently Jill Schnedler got another Great Dane adult and has a puppy that she's going to buy soon. Where she's getting the money from this, who knows? The horses are probably going without grain or hay or something. She never has money. She wants to start breeding puppies, I guess. Good luck, Jill. Her unneutered male isn't AKC so he shouldn't be used for breeding. I have no clue about this adult. She can't use the puppy because it's her male's half-sister. I don't know how she thinks she's going to profit from that. Plus, her house is disgusting and she thinks she's going to keep her puppies in the her kennel in the basement. The basement that leaks and has no heat. Her puppies will get sick and die! No one in their right mind would walk into her house and want one of her Great Dane puppies!

Oh well. It's only a matter of time before she has no business with helpers leaving, boarders leaving, and putting money into breeding dogs that just don't sell very well in Maine. Not everyone wants big dogs, especially Great Danes. They are great dogs, but most people are not big dog people.

Jill Schnedler also is having a Judy Westlake clinic in August! I posted on the Coldbrook Equestrian Center page about my interest in going just to drive Jill crazy and so did Alicia (who also left Jill's on bad terms) but Jill hasn't responded. Weird. She also hasn't responded to my comments on her video or picture of Domino working with Connor! She was thanking him for the hard work he's put in to make Domino a good pony. Sorry. That was me that helped him. I didn't work with him and desenitize him for two weeks straight and get no thanks in return. I'm the reason he's rideable now! Oh well, according to Jill I didn't pay board and I used her, I guess. I was the one being used and she still owes us money. She's twisted.

Whatever. What goes around comes around, Jill Schnedler.

I would also like to point out that I've had this account since 2009 and I have had 34 views in that time! 32 of them being within the past month! WHOO!