Getting Our Medieval On & New Shoes!

GETTING MEDIEVAL:

Cearra was exposed to and participated in (as a Teacher’s Aid) our first “Schola of Chivalric Arts” which was hosted at our place over the Columbus Day weekend. Our gal was handled and ridden by a variety of folks, helped teach the attendees about the use of  round pen to establish communication and a wide variety of aspects of the Art of Horsemanship. She kept people honest to be sure. If they were not “clear and confident” in their communication she just looked at them and waited for them to figure it out. Under saddle she did well with folks who had soft hands and a decent seat. Nervous folks or those with poor hand/seat skills confused her a bit –VERY UNDERSTANDABLE – and big brother Ronan took over and helped those folks. Cearra was charming and social. Every new person was a discovery and a perfect reason to get loved on. To say she enjoyed the attention is an understatement.

She saw, heard and smelled armor for the first time. She saw humans in funny clothes that totally changed their silhouette. It was a very unique situation for our gal and she did VERY well with everything! On the last day of the Schola she lost a shoe so she got to be the “learn out to clean and groom a horse” model and enjoyed all the attention.

Her training is on hold until the farrier can come out.

Again, very proud of her and how she handled the weekend!

NEW SHOES:

Over the “medieval” weekend Cearra threw a show and developed a bit of a sprain. Not horrible and it has not impacted her goofing around in the pasture or wanting to “play” with us but we have been keeping an eye on it. Her low impact round pen sessions have gone well this week. No complaints about “try” or attitude at all.

Our farrier came out today. This was the first time we have seen shoes put on Cearra and it was the first time our farrier had seen her. After giving him the history he got to work. Overall she did well, even with the hot shoe process. The soreness in the leg that lost the hoof was noticeable when she had to stand for an extended period of time. So it was a two nails in – rest – repeat process. Her experience with farriers is a bit limited but our person is REALLY good with horses as was his buddy (a long time cowboy and farrier). Both had nice things to say about her and had some solid advice on how to handle her sprain. She will be on “light duty” for the next week or so. Her weight is coming in nicely! We are expecting some heavy rain up here this weekend too so that will be interesting.

All in all Cearra did well. Could not be more pleased.