Mandi (Strawberys Blossum) is a 12 year old registered Quarter Horse. See Mandi’s pedigree here. She is approximately 15hh and is a sweet Palomino mare who is very willing to please, but needs to learn the importance of boundaries and respecting personal space. Mandi was started under saddle several years ago, but hasn’t been ridden or worked for quite some time. She is currently in quarantine and will be joining the herd at the Cowgirl Spirit Rescue headquarters in the upcoming weeks.
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Updates!
2011-11-02 10:20:00Sorry for the lack of posting in the month of October! As you can imagine, it was a crazy month full of changes. Mandi is completely healed and completed boot camp with me and went to live at President Teri's house for awhile. We didn't feel as thought she was ready to be thrown back into the herd at HQ just yet, and instead, wanted to give her a much deserved break at a quiet barn. She's got visitors during the week, and the rescue volunteers are actively continuing her training. Yay for Man...
Friends
2011-09-30 07:39:00Sorry it has been awhile since my last post. Mandi has been doing very well. Physically, her wound has completely healed. Emotionally, she has definitely figured out her new life. While she still isn't too sure about other horses, she has definitely checked her emotions and has settled into the routine of the barn. With people - she loves to be groomed, to be coddled, and also loves doing anything with her handler. She has two riders now, myself, and another volunteer. Last night I r...
Mandi's First Dressage Lesson
2011-09-09 08:00:00Whoa, exciting times at the barn yesterday! Had tons of chores to do, and then took a lesson on Mandi. Initially Mandi was a bit nervous when I took her out of her stall. There was a ton going on at the barn - few boarders tacking up and walking their horses down the aisle to ride outside, a lesson going on in the arena, and another rider riding around the perimeter of the barn. Mandi isn't used to so much hustle and bustle, so she was on edge. She never did anything naughty or out of control...
And Over We Go
2011-09-03 16:03:00Mandi had a really fun ride today. One of the rescue's members came out and was able to take some shots of us at the beginning of our ride. Photos never turn out well in our indoor, which is why she stopped trying. I probably should've ridden outside to get better pictures but I wanted to stay out of the sun, plus a couple of training opportunities were available in the indoor, and I wanted to take advantage of those. Mandi got to ride with another horse in the arena today. Not only ...
Ride 5- Intro to Canter
2011-09-01 21:34:00Mandi and I had a really nice session today. We started off with all the basics we've been working on. Once on her and warmed up, I decided to start teaching her how to do changes of direction at the trot, serpentines, circles, half circles, figure 8's - anything to get her to start understanding the change of rein and all that encompasses. She did really well. When it comes to overall balance, her left shoulder is the heavier one. the left side in general is where she wants to lean. So w...
