When I started back on my intern, I started working on Tuesdays as well as Thursdays. One of the other employees couldn't work Tuesdays so I took over, which I was really happy with. Tuesdays are the same as Thursdays, morning ride at 6:30 in the morning.
There weren't many changes that happened while I was gone. Another horse left, so we are down to only 8 horses. I really miss the little paint they used to have named Kelakoa. (sp?) The more I work at the ranch, the more I learn about each individual horse. (And apparently less on which saddle belongs to who... I'll figure it out eventually though I'm sure)
Working with horses is very rewarding. They respond to your love, work, and efforts to make them into better trained horses. And what many people don't know is that you train a horse every time you're around them. Anyone who works with horses or rides them is training them, whether or not they know it or not. If you put a person on a horse and they keep jerking them around or let them eat too much, they will remember that when the next person gets on. Thankfully the horses we use are very nice, good horses and put up with a lot. But not all horses are like that.
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