I thought I knew how to take care of horses. But Abe got pretty skinny on me and it was a challenge to get him to start regaining the weight. Finally he is, but I need to find a feed that doesn't give him a sugar high. I have decided to feed up the bag of feed that I think is quite high carbs to other horses. Plus Abe has been super bad to bridle the last few times, I tried my friends bitless bridle last week. It worked ok riding with the slow paint mare but I shortened the german martingale before riding with Taj cuz I felt like I wouldn't have any whoa, and Abe was feeling too constricted. I will try my little S hackamore with the martingale on, but adjusted extra long so it will only engage if he tries to stick his nose up in the air. Maybe he needs just a sidepull, or maybe I just need to not pull on him so much and find another way to rate his speed when he is with Taj.
Yesterday L and I tried Apex park. We won't go there again, too many sections of very technical rock where there was hardly spots for the horses to put their feet, plus a lot of people. The good thing is I figured out the bitless bridle was not working while we were just walking.
