I need flatwork and lunging exercises to do with Charlie tomorrow. Please help.
Wait oh my god, please these are actually so interesting.
- 1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someones eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someones eyes when they are telling you how they feel?
- 2. Think of the last time you were REALLY angry. WHY were you angry? Do you still feel the same way?
- 3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make ONE phone call. Who do you call? What do you tell them?
- 4. You are at the doctor’s office and he has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? What do you do with your remaining days? Would you be afraid?
- 5. You can have one of the following two things. Which do you choose? Why? Love and Trust.
- 6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you take the time to save the dogs life? Why or Why not?
- 7. Would you rather be hurt by the one you trust the most or the one you love the most?
- 8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?
- 9. Think of the last person who you know that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give up one year of yours. Do you do it? Why or Why not?
- 10. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?
- 11. Does love = sex?
- 12.Your boss tells your coworker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee. You have been there much longer. Your coworker has a family to support and no other means of income. Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company? Why or Why not?
- 13.When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say? Who was it? What did you have to tell the person?
- 14. What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a member of the opposite sex, you love them or that you do not love them back?
- 15. What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Why would it be hard to lose?
- 16. Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them. Who were they to you?
- 17. If there was one moment and one time in the last month what would you change and why?
- 18.Imagine it is a dark night, you are alone, it is raining outside, you hear someone walking around outside your window. WHO do you wish was there with you?
- 19. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? Why or Why not?
- 21.You are holding onto your grandmother’s hand and the hand of a newborn that you do not know as they hang over the edge of a cliff. You have to let one go to save the other. Who do you let fall to their death? What was your rationale for making the decision?
- 22. Are you old fashioned?
- 23. When was the last time you were nice to someone and did NOT expect anything in return for it?
- 24.Which would you choose, true love with a guarantee of a broken heart, or never loved at all? Why?
- 25.If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be?
Hanging out with Smudge, Tumbling, and making a playlist for the first day of summer conditioning with the climbing team! Yay!
Puppy Toys
ok guys, input and reviews wanted… what kind of toys do your dogs love? What did they love as puppies?
She’s getting a rope and some normal chews today but what about the good stuff?
I went crazy on o.co buying games and treat puzzles for her but what else? I want to find something thats motion activated so when she’s up looking for something to do, it will set off and entertain her…. any suggestions?
Anything that you can put food in is great. I have one of these:
For my dog. he loves it! I mix part of his morning serving of dog food with leftover vegetables, lean meat, pasta, peanut butter, or a bit of cooked, plain oatmeal and freeze it overnight, that way when I put it out for him in the morning, he doesn’t get the treat all at once, he has to wait for it to melt a bit, or he has to keep licking it to melt it. You can also put dry food or small treats in a sturdy plastic bottle, like a gatorade bottle, they have to pick the bottle up or roll it with their nose to get the food out. Make sure the bottle is one that would be hard to chew up though.
If Miss Effie turns out to be a chewer, I highly recommend that you buy her deer antlers to chew. They are a bit pricey, but they last forever. They don’t splinter, they aren’t messy, and you can buy different sizes based on the size of your dog. Sometimes they can cause upset stomachs in young dogs because of the high concentration of protein so I would wait until she gets older, but we buy them for my dog and he LOVES them. I would definitely go to a pet store to buy them, rather than buying them online though.
I would also suggest things for her to explore like a tunnel, or a dog house or things to climb on and change them up every few weeks. You can also hide treats or toys under blankets or beds, or maybe she would like having a mirror? Just be creative! Puppies are so much fun! I would start by putting a different toy out every day. It’s great that you have the live stream, you can watch how she reacts with the different toys, then you can get a better idea of what keeps her occupied the longest!
This is me and my horse at the jumper show… 3 ft division and i came off. I got back on and jumped the jumps again and it was perfect.
This little guy kept following me around while we were out night climbing.
Falling off The Scoop V3 in Rock Town
Night climbing The Scoop V3 in Rock Town
Night climbing on Police Brutality V5 in Rock Town
Topping out in the Orb area in Rock Town
Messing around in the Hueco Simulator area in Rock Town
I just got back from my climbing trip and holy jesus did I have an amazing time. I’ll make a text post about it all for those of you interested in climbing and shit, but for now, here is an extremely cheesy picture of me (I promise I can be cute if I try) before I shower which also doubles as my contribution to “Sports Bra Sunday”
Guys I’m really bored like really bored. What should I do
Carbo-loading and packing my shit for Rock Town ALL WEEKEND. We’re bringing slacklines, climbing shit, hammocks, lots of food, and a couple of big ‘ole lanterns so we can go night climbing.
You have no idea how excited I am.
Ride Log: Charlie 5/22/12
So I went to ride Charlie on Tuesday. His owner, Jessica, had a baby and she hasn’t been able to ride him for a few weeks so I was expecting him to be a complete dick. Alex and I got there, and Char cantered up to the gate and had his ears pricked and was just super duper happy to see us. We gave him a really good grooming and he almost fell asleep. He’s so dang precious.
I put him on the lunge because I didn’t know how he was going to act about it all. I left his saddle on at first, but he got really distracted and wanted to roll in the footing so I took the saddle off and let him itch his back. I wish the fence around the area was a few feet higher, because I would love to flag him or do some free lunging or free jumping or something. I’m thinking about asking his owner if I can trailer him to Cedar Valley and have a lesson with Stuart. I think that would be nice. Just some groundwork would be really nice with him.
Anyway. We lunged walk/trot/canter (I’d like to work on his voice commands, he doesn’t listen very well). he was moving nicely, especially at the trot. He was stretching his head down and using his back and stepping under his body with his inside hind and it was just generally a nice trot. His canter is sort of sluggish and strung out and I’d really like to work on getting him off of his forehand like a hunter and elevate his frame and rock him back on his haunches and really get a nice active canter out of him.
I put his saddle on and we worked on varying speeds within the trot, we did figure eights, we did halt/walk/trot transitions with a focus on keeping him on contact and listening to the bit when I asked for a downward and keeping him engaged when I asked for an upward so his transitions were more active and not like he was just sticking his nose out and throwing himself forward because I asked.
Overall It was a nice ride, I hope I get to work with him more soon!
