I spent my time with Curly working on leading. Simple stuff, I know, but the boy tends to turn into an anchor at the end of his lead rope whenever we walk off and I wanted to correct that behavior. We practiced in the round pen, with me walking on both sides. He wasn't too sure about me being on his off-side since this isn't something a person usually does, but I think it is important for him to learn this.
E had to work to get Monte clean enough to saddle up but once they were out in the arena they had lots of fun together. She said that he really wanted to go, go, go but he's really out of shape and couldn't maintain the pace he was setting for himself.
Monte was dripping sweat (and mud!) when they finished. E spent 10 to 15 minutes washing him down, really getting all the dirt off his coat before releasing him back to the pasture. As she walked back around the barn (100 steps?) another rider walked past us smiling and saying, "You missed a spot." Huh?
And then we saw him.....in the short amount of time it took E to walk around the barn, Monte had rolled and completely covered his nice white coat in mud! It was amazing, really. Only his the spots on his head and the insides of his legs were anything near white.
E will be brushing him out again today......
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