New Horse - Mira

I hoped Carrie would ride again after her accident. It was not a good note to end anything on.

What I didn't count on is she would not ride Pix again. Carrie's accident was the second time she'd fallen off Pix. I never heard about the first one. Carrie said she did not feel safe to ride Pixel again at this time. She wanted to find an older, more relaxed horse to get back into the saddle again.

January 1st, Mira entered the fray. She's an older, western trained horse who's been used for lessons with kids. She has a 'whoa,' and can spin. Jenny is Pixel's new horse mom. 

Carrie is in love. 

She worked on lunging with Mira and then hopped on for a short ride.

Shane got to try next (with a helmet borrowed from Jenny).

Carrie wouldn't let Shane ride Pixel. Sunday was his first time in a saddle since his pony ride, I think.

Carrie was thrilled to Share Mira with us.

And then it started to rain. Thankfully, we were already done! Shane and I went home to wash rock dust out of his hair while Carrie brushed Mira down.

Barn Call

Shane and I accompanied Carrie to the barn on Sunday. It's the closest he's going to get to owning  a dog!

I hope all of the animal exposure will help teach him empathy. We wore out Calvin with fetch.

Meanwhile, Carrie went to Ponyville. If Pixel and Carrie didn't tire, she would have stayed there until the sun went down. Carrie loves her pony.

Shane got to sit in Pixel's saddle for the first time, too. I don't have a picture, because I was holding him while Carrie led Pixel back up to the barn. Carrie says Pixel is too green for him to really ride yet.

She's working on it.