Ready to Ride

We've been working on a lot of mounting and dismounting, desensitizing his rear end, and we are going to do some ground driving later this week. We've also been working on more obstacles on the ground. We've been working on backing through the L box, turn on the haunches in the square box, walking over poles, tarps, tires, and dragging logs. So far he is doing really well with all of it. He is very rarely taking me for ski trips now, and instead of bolting will just trot a circle around me on a loose lead when he gets frightened. This is a big improvement for him and also means that he is now ready to start trailering out. Tonight we will start the trailer training process for the schooling show at Bobby Jones Arena in Cottonwood on Sunday. For anyone who would like to come and see him on his first outing, it starts at 8am.