Valentines Day was family time, not riding time for me, and AhD enjoyed loving it up with my 3 year old niece Layla. We are grooming her to be our riding partner in about 10 years or so.Sunday's ride was short but sweet. Since AhD is becoming more dog-
tolerant ~ it even seemed he enjoyed the company!? ~ I let my bravest Lab Grace accompany us on on our same old "Jason's Loop" trail. The weather was gorgeous! After my ride, my to-be-riding-buddies in Acadia National Park this fall, Sue S and Ulla, visited, and AhD was pleased to be a Curly Ambassador to them. Sue S, who had never seen a Curly in person, was impressed with all of AhD's wonderful attributes, and I was proud of my boy! On Monday, after all the horsie talk on Sunday and after re-reading with great interest Betsy's blogs about "trotting briskly" down the road, I was pining for the same. After starting the ride on Jason's Loop with Grace along, I came back to the barn and gave AhD a Dermal Aid beauty treatment, and then we headed up the road to Back Street for Part II of our ride. It was super seeing the sights I had been missing since last October, and we had our brisk trot and canter on a packed snowmobile trail. We passed a yappy Chihuahua, (ok, I'm a dog lover, but IS there any other kind??), a defensive barking chocolate Lab (Ok,OK, yes the Labs bark too...) and some twirly, shiny deer guards with no problems. What an enjoyable day for both of us. I just love it when AhD seems to enjoy our outings as much as I do.
tolerant ~ it even seemed he enjoyed the company!? ~ I let my bravest Lab Grace accompany us on on our same old "Jason's Loop" trail. The weather was gorgeous! After my ride, my to-be-riding-buddies in Acadia National Park this fall, Sue S and Ulla, visited, and AhD was pleased to be a Curly Ambassador to them. Sue S, who had never seen a Curly in person, was impressed with all of AhD's wonderful attributes, and I was proud of my boy! On Monday, after all the horsie talk on Sunday and after re-reading with great interest Betsy's blogs about "trotting briskly" down the road, I was pining for the same. After starting the ride on Jason's Loop with Grace along, I came back to the barn and gave AhD a Dermal Aid beauty treatment, and then we headed up the road to Back Street for Part II of our ride. It was super seeing the sights I had been missing since last October, and we had our brisk trot and canter on a packed snowmobile trail. We passed a yappy Chihuahua, (ok, I'm a dog lover, but IS there any other kind??), a defensive barking chocolate Lab (Ok,OK, yes the Labs bark too...) and some twirly, shiny deer guards with no problems. What an enjoyable day for both of us. I just love it when AhD seems to enjoy our outings as much as I do.
Sounds like a lovely ride:)
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