Body conditioning and handling went great! 💪
No issues being caught by a stranger.....
other than me bawling buckets of pride filled tears😭
The trailer step up was crazy high for us. She needed a minute to figure out how she was gonna get up there, but hopped right in on a loose lead once she sized it up. We settled inside wonderfully and I chose to turn her around and exit which she did perfectly calm. We're still working on backing out and I felt that step down was gonna be too much for her. She was just being so darn good all day it wasn't worth it to me.🥰
She picked up all 4 feet but I forgot about ground tying and held onto the lead rope. I can't believe I forgot because she ground ties awesome 😆
Today she rode soooo well in the warm up arena full of horses and all over outside.
When it came for our turn in trail I made a last minute decision to lead her thru. She was still leary of the crowd but had been riding great and we were doing ok in the big arena. The horse before us did a wonderful pattern so the crowd was a bit louder and she got a little overwhelmed right before we went in. This whole weekend has been extremely hot, she is exhausted because she has not been laying down to sleep at night and she hasn't been drinking enough water so I wanted to take all that into consideration too. It was so important to me that we ended on the best note possible. She was so good, so calm and tried her heart out for me. She looked at everything but never got scared, she climbed right over everything, including the bridge, and did every, single little thing I asked her to❤️
She did so good in showmanship❤️ It wasn't prefect but that was my fault, I was making all sorts of mistakes! Last minute I decided to use my old show halter, which I've never used on her. She was so cooperative outside I didn't realize she couldn't really understand what I was asking thru it.
On top of that her only arena time has been here in the warm up arena, so the big arena was a bit of a surprise to her. She was really interested in what was going on in trail with the horse, the loud music and the crowd cheering so she was annoyed I didn't let her stop and watch. With the halter confusing her too her irritation level was at an all time high and she was ready to be done! I was extremely happy with how hard she worked to keep it together for me...
even when she clearly didn't want to
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Videos from our time together so far❤️🦄❤️
Videos from our time together so far❤️🦄❤️
Videos from our time together so far❤️🦄❤️
Videos from our time together so far❤️🦄❤️
Pickup day went smoothly! It was a long, rainy drive home so we took it easy last night.
She is so much prettier in person❤️🦄