Feeling Better

I feel much better about Andy today. My friend Katie, who taught me to ride came out to Hillsboro to visit me and Andy today. She gave me some helpful advice, and confirmed my idea of switching him to a gag bit. She rode him for a while, and also made me realize that he's been ignoring the snaffle even in the arena. I told her how I sort of feel like a failure, switching him to a harsher bit, but she reminded me that he is a lot of horse, and that he was always in a gag bit for polo. She also told that he use to event, which means he is a fairly good jumper! I had no clue. I think this is so cool! I don't jump, but it's something that I eventually want to learn to do. I wasn't going to start with Andy, because I didn't want to make him start jumping at this age. He's old enought to earn his retirement. But if I ever want to start to learn, I could use him! Apparently he went up to novice level eventing, which means he could clear 2'11''. So maybe I will do really low jumps on him! hahah, or not.

In other news, I can finally pop the knuckle on my pinkie finger! I know this might not seem like a big deal, but I hurt it the second day I got Andy, back in November. He pulled back and broke a lead rope, so I grabbed his halter, and somehow got my pinkie stuck into the halter while he was still pulling. I might have broke it, but I think I just sprained it really bad. I haven't been able to pop it for five months, but I finally did! Now I'm glad that I was cheap and never went to the doctor.