Monthly Archives: October 2011
Pony Day Success!
| October 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yesterday was pony day!!!! And the day before that! It feels GREAT to be back in the saddle. Of course….there’s a problem. There’s ALWAYS a problem that comes up ANYTIME you finally get around summoning up the motivation and time to do something you want to do. Planning on running a marathon? Plan on getting […] more
The truth, without guilt
| October 24, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Honesty is the policy right? This is me being totally honest. I haven’t done any riding I haven’t done any mounting exercises I haven’t done any pony cuddling I paid my sister to pick up manure for me last week. I pay someone else to feed. I paid someone else to come up with a […] more
Crawling out from underneath my rock….
| October 22, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I am almost officially done with my first block of vet school! Almost, because even though I had the final for the block on Friday, there is a week of population health, and then a population health exam this Friday that is still technically part of the VET 401 block. Being a pass/fail block that […] more
Hi!
| October 17, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
With a big final coming up Friday, I have a feeling I probably won’t get to write as many blog posts here as I would like. Wish me luck on my final (our “foundations” block ends this week) and if you need entertainment, check out these posts: Merri posts about an endurance horse that is […] more
Stand – lesson 1
| October 14, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Wednesday was Pony Day! In the new spirit of taking care of myself, I have declared any day that I get out of school before 3pm to be a pony day. This week, that meant that there was a singular pony day, and I looked forward to it all week. Isn’t it’s amazing how a […] more
Clicker training the stand?
| October 12, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I was sitting in class today, day dreaming (as usual) about endurance, blogs, puppies. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing some clicker training with Farley. Specifically, the stand. The one issue that continues to frusterate the hell out of me is that she won’t consistently stand. MOST of the time she does, but […] more
Article recommendation
| October 10, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Remember this post here? During my foundation post, I talked about not being a victim and accepting my failures as a training and becoming better. If you are interested on where I got the concept of “playing the victim”, read this article here. It also inspired an article over on Tess’s blog. more
