Then i took him for a walk down the road while mum was riding holly, and another lady came on her horse, considering he hasnt been out there since last summer, he was so good!! He stayed listening to me even though there were lots of exciting things to look at, he was quite excitable but hey who ca blame him?? lol.
When we got back i thought hmm... how about trying a short ride? My previous plan of leaving him be for a while went bums up as he seems to be improving on the ground very very quickly (not bucked AT ALL in almost a week now :D). So yeah, i hopped on and went for a walk. WHAT A SUPERSTAR HE WAS!! He even took a few steps back when i asked without throwing a wobbly :D
Sunday morning I played again, with different online patterns and made up some of my own, taught him to back up through cones when i turn away from him and wiggle my body (hehe looked quite funny), but anyway, he ended up backing up even when i dropped the rope and hardly wiggled at all :D Then we revisited our sideways over objects game, so i set up some water containers and got him to go over them away and towards me, he hasnt done that in a while but he did it first time very nicely :) I had another short ride and he was really good again :D
oooooooh and i made a new video, check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrA0IgvRoA
heres some pics of the weekend (and to show how awesome our weather has been!)
savvy smiles x




Hey Naomi - been awhile since I looked at your blog! I LOVE all your pictures! The action shots are fantastic. General is so funny jumping over the jugs - it looks like he's jumping an imaginary fence!!
ReplyDeleteKeep it up, girl - someday I'll see in Pagosa riding General like the wind!
Esther
thanks esther!!
ReplyDeleteIsnt that picture great lol, he always misenturprets the height of jumps lol.
and oohh i hope so haha!
naomi