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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Saddle up

Yesterday I took Irish for a ride in the woods. It was fun and the dogs enjoyed it. However, Steele was not impressed to be left behind and he let me know that he expected his own attention when I got back.

After a groom I decided to girth up the saddle. He's had the saddle laid on but never girthed. I didn't make it too tight but he didn't seem to mind the tightening at all. I walked him out of the barn and this is what happened:

'what the? what's on my back?'
*hop*
*hop*
'get off--- hey look grass!'
*munch*

That was the extent of the drama. He didn't even come against the lead line.


7 comments:

  1. Cool! Now he is ready to take that saddle for a hack out!!

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    1. lol, I still have to get him a bridle and bit but we're getting there

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  2. Oh that's amazing experience. Thing are getting better. Looks like you have a great time with Irish. You're starting to enjoy the fruit of you sacrifices.

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  3. Starting Steele is going to be very uneventful. You are doing an AMAZING job with him. This is how a horse should be started.

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  4. Too cute!! Have you tried ponying him off of Irish yet? That was one of my absolute favorite training tools when I was younger and I've so missed being able to do that with Chrome.

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