Tell us little bit about your riding life and your horse?@Shirosashi: I beg to differ, snow is perfect for riding, but slush/ice is not.
@babe.groot: Sorry to hear about Gracie's situation. :c
5000 is not actually bad horse budjet. Obviously you are not going to get a top class show horse with that money, but I don't see why you couldn't find an average one. Or if you have time and skill, a young horse with some potential.
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Booked a massage for Heta, for this Friday. I poked around her little more on Sunday and there's something odd about her right shoulder. For starters it seems to have more muscle than the left one and also one or two lumpy feeling spots.
That and the weird part middle of the shoulder where there is no muscle... I just took her for little in hand walk on Sunday and free lunged her couple rounds, but she was really lazy/slow so left it at that 
Our arena is getting pretty nice, no more lakes and just one corner is still icy. ^^ Though they are saying the weather is getting worse next week(colder and might snow), so we shall see if we get winter again, or will the early spring continue. : P
I also went on some major shopping spree with mom last week. XD Dropped off our second car to be checked at one repair shop and thought it wouldn't take so long, so stuck around on the area and did little bit of shopping while waiting. On the area there are 2 tack stores, so checked out both of them(one for certain girth(which was not okay), other for general curiosity as I rarely go there). And from the second one I finally found another fleece lined rain rug for Heta, which I've been wanting bad.
First I was like yay when I felt the liner(fleece <3), then was like oh no when I saw the brand(rain buster, good, but pricey) and then the price tag made me go yay again(69e, and I knew they had sale of 10-40% off). The next problem was size. Heta generally wears 125 rugs, but the only sizes left were much bigger plus then the sample, which was 115 and also a pony model. So took bit of a gamble and bought the 115(with the sale it was only 55e, which I consider a really good deal). I know at her past home, she fit into 115 rain buster, how ever it was a regular model(pony models tend to be bit smaller and 'narrower'). But turns out this one fit her pretty well too. ^^ And for once it wasn't too big around the neck(most common fit issue for us). At first I looked that it would be too small at the neck(back lenght was fine though), but after some adjusting it wasn't. c: I also love the fact that you can attach a neck piece to this rug. And this one also had pretty darn long belly straps, so even with Heta's round belly there was still plenty of room to adjust them.Fitting our new rug. Probably won't have any use for it until next fall, but good to have it.
). So my point is, I am thinking of switching barns. The other place I am thinking of is a little dearer but not by much, but instead of just generic english lessons this barn has english or western options, plus trail ride options also. Now to me that sounds alright, just the variety, but is the horses I keep getting stuck with a reason to switch? I don't organise the lessons, my parents do, and they have already told the owner that I can't keep progressing with the ponies that I am being put on. I mean, put the 5 year old on the pony, and let 
