Magic's 2nd day in his new home

It has been a while since I have posted on here but I thought it was the perfect time to restart the blog. So to start with I'll give you all an update on what's been going on over the years since I've posted and then I will be back to regularly posting and keeping you all updated on the world of magic. 

The first big change who I need to introduce is Jaxon, Jaxon is mine and Jack's 7 month old baby, he was born on the 7th July 2020. Part of this blog will be dedicated to overcoming the challenges of having a small child and owning a horse, even when everyone told me it was impossible to do. Jax has a best friend Bailey who is mums new 1 year old puppy and he has the best time trying to play with her. 

Of course Magic is one of Jaxon's best friends. 

Now for an update on Magic, he is doing really well, I can't remember if I ever told you, but he moved yards last year when I was pregnant with little man. Unfortunately this yard just didn't quite work out for us and due to pregnancy (which wasn't the easiest ride) Magic had an extended time off and then from December on Magic really started coming back in to work, he was working on a system that was two days of work, then a day off. However during the start of January an incident happened which led to Magic needing to move yards. Magic was then sent away for four weeks to be backed, as most of you will already know I had started sitting on Magic so the process had initially been started. Magic went to Elliott Betts at Betts Equestrian for four weeks. He worked wonders with Magic and in four weeks, I was on him and he was doing, walk, trot and canter, as well as hacking out alone and in company. 

A candid shot of Magic and me. 

So now Magic is at home and in a new yard and is settling in nicely. He moved to the yard on Tuesday and today was his first day of him being turned out. When he arrived on Tuesday I decided from the start that I wanted to set a routine for him to follow as he is now on a D.I.Y livery yard, so everything that needs doing for Magic is down to me to do with the help off Jack and my mum. So our routine is currently that I go to Magic between 8.30 and 9. On the days he is in I'll then ride him, muck him out and making sure he's got enough hay to last him for the day. Then in the evening I will go back between 4 and 5pm. Here he'll have some fuss and attention on the days that he can't go out, I'll skip him out and then give him his haynets for the night. I am trying to stick with working him in the morning and at the minute it is only for 30 minutes. 

Magic's 2nd ride and 2nd day in his new home. 

Then on the days that his out I still get there for the same time but then let him out in the morning. Once I've done this I will muck him out and then the stable is all ready for him to come into in the evening so all I have to do is feed him, make sure he's got a hay net and put him to bed. He still has his moments when he is a complete idiot, like last night when I turned him out in the school and he decided to act the idiot, he was running around, bucking, kicking and just being a bit of an idiot to be honest. But then when you did manage to get hold of him he was back to being his normal calm self. Today was the first day that he had been turned out in 7 weeks and he really surprised me. Instead of acting the twat he walked down to the field nicely, I let him off, he said hello to the horse in the field with him and then went off to eating his food. 

But for now I'm going to leave it there, and tomorrow I will get back to the regular updates. 

Bye For Now. 

Amber xoxo