Cody says Hi!

Mom took some pics for me. I am still working on finding a place to keep him that doesn't cost as much as rent and isn't a half an hour away. I miss my pony!

Quick Update

First, gotta have a Cody pic:


Mom has been taking good care of him for me.

I've been here for two weeks now! Starting to feel kinda of settled in, I've been to the local feed/tack store once. They looked busy so I didn't talk to anyone, but I'd really like to start checking into places. The hitch there still being that I need to find a full time job. My part-time job isn't going to cut it if I want to be able to afford Cody's board here. Either that or another part-time job. Will just have to see how things pan out. Right now I am just grateful that I still have my part-time job and I can do it remotely.

Off to Florida!

Okay, so I leave in a few hours to go to Florida. Not just for a visit this time, but to stay. Cody will hopefully be following in 2-3 months once I secure a job and a place to board him. He currently is tucked back in in the backyard where he looks up and nickers whenever he sees me come out the back door because he knows I'm a sucker and am likely to give him some sort of munchie (or just breakfast/dinner!). It's going to be hard leaving him behind for that long!

This summer with him was good. I got a good start on him with 30 rides. There would have been a few more but his back was getting sore.



I've had a terrible time finding a saddle to fit and if you look at his back he just really needs to fill out. I hope he does and that his back doesn't look this bad forever. From the side he looks good, but from this angle he is, well, all angles!

Ride 23 - We loped!

I've been wanting to ask Cody to lope for a week or two or three now but was lacking the guts to get it done. My friend Diane (who owns the place where Cody is staying for the summer) was going to come out and be that extra bit of encouragement that I needed this evening, but something came up and she wasn't able to.

I had been riding him around the arena for a bit, he was trotting off nicely and we were turning okay and the thunder and lightning didn't seem to be bothering him. So I argued with myself and decided "you're going to do this!" and we started trotting a circle and I started asking him to canter. I've always kissed for a canter from the ground and he responds well. With me on his back he was just trotting faster and faster so we stopped for a moment so I could talk myself into following through. Off into another circle at a trot and this time I made a longer kissing sound and he figured out what I was asking and off we went! We cantered a few strides, maybe a third of a circle and I asked him to whoa and he did and I told him what a good boy he was. And then off we went to do it again! To top it all off, the few strides I did get tonight felt like it was going to be pretty smooth :)

Doesn't he look good?

Just a quick shot with my phone after we rode today.

Cody having fun in the arena

Well, I have ridden my pony 16 times now, he is doing really well :) Don't have any video of that unfortunately, but here is a video of him just kicking up his heels and having fun in the arena (got there too late to really have time to ride). It's a bit dark as it was late, but you can still sorta see, lol.

Proof I Rode My Mustang

Okay, so here is a short clip of me on Cody the third time I rode him.