Ashgrove Bernese: Even Nearer to Christmas.

Only three weeks (just under) to Christmas and it is not yet registering on my radar yet, too much else on the go.

So, where are we?

Spyke

Spyke has had Rachel out again and he was a far happier horse. Interestingly, the day before Rachel came out he asked me to give him a bit of a massage on two parts that were particularly sore when Rachel treated him the first time (when I say 'asked' he shoved his butt at me and made it EXTREMELY clear what he wanted LOL). It was like he realised that the massage had helped and was keen for more. On the mega down side it turns out that my Stubben saddle (that I LOVE) doesn't fit him so I need to sell it and start looking for a newer saddle. :-( I will also have to sell my Fenmore dressage saddle to fund the new one. :-( Am pretty gutted about it as it leaves me just the Wintec to ride in and it is HORRIBLE to jump in.

Tai

Tai gave us a bit of a fright last week when he was suddenly hoppingly lame, he could hardly walk. Fortunately a lump had appeared on his tendon so we were able to figure out what was causing the lameness. We gave him bute and bandaged him for a few days and he very quickly came right. - Whew. The boys had their feet done in the weekend and poor Tai found the stones a bit hard so kind Uncle Paul gave him a towel to stand on so he could do the opposite foot. LOL The big girls blouse.

Tai Being Soft

Brina

Brina has completed her course of injections and, while she definitely is better than she was, she is still limpy. I'm not sure what is the best thing to do now . :-( Apart from that she is as happy as a sandboy.

Sammie

Sammie is, as usual, great. She was a carting dog last weekend as we went to the lighting of the Telecom Christmas Tree and took a picnic. Sammie pulled the wagon with all the chairs and the picnic. She was BRILLIANT and I think was quite proud of herself. Loads of little kids rushed over though and wanted to know what we were 'going to do' as they thought we were part of the show. They wanted to know if we were bringing Santa in. LOL. I don't have any pics though as I didn't have a camera that works.

Other

However.....I do now!!! I finally got my new XT Network phone. It is a Sony C510 and is a mid range phone BUT it has a 3 mp camera!!!Yay!!! Will never be stuck for photos again. :-) And in fact all the pics added today are from the phone camera.

This weekend was yet another busy one. On Saturday I did some housework, baked a raspberry and white chocolate slice (VERY yummy) and went to the forest with Kristina, Sarah and Martina. It was great to see Martina out and about again although I think it's going to be a while before she will be back to normal again. On Sunday I was the driver/photographer for Krisitna and Sarah at the Te Atatu ODE. It was a long, long day and quite hot!!! Sarah had a great day and was really buzzing after her cross country (even though Bert reared RIGHT up so she slid down over his butt. She landed on her feet though). Poor Kristina didn't have quite such a good day. She did a FAB dressage test but then had some issues while warming up for the show jumping and ended up falling off after Oscar did a particularly awkward jump. At that point she decided discretion was the better part of valour and called it a day to go and regroup.

Today (Monday) I am home as I woke this morning with a really sore throat and a headache. I slept till about 12 (poor Dad phoned and woke me up and I was..... ummmmmmm .....not very cheerful as I had been in quite a deep sleep - sorry Dad).

Happy Dogs with Fresh Bones