To those of you who have been waiting patiently for my owner to get off her butt and post something new about me....well, the news is good. She has finally made time to do this! I keep her pretty darn busy, along with that spotted boy you see next to me (Eagle) in the photo above waiting to be let in at feed time! It's show season for Mom and she has been taking kids here and there. I guess my spotted brother did very well in dressage this year and has some blue ribbons hanging from his stall. I wonder when I'll finally get to go to a show?????
I am 1125 pounds and 16 hands high at the withers. If you look at Eagle in the photo above, he is 15.3 and I am on a downward slope from him, so I am taller than he is. I know the following ground work tricks/cues and do most of them very very well....
(1) stand; (2) whoa; (3) face mom with two eyes; (4) don't eat the crossties; (5) turn left; (6) turn right; (7) stay put while mom walks away; (8) come to mom; (9) follow mom; (10) walk width wise over the blue tarp; (11) walk lengthwise over the blue tarp; (12) walk to and stand with two front feet on the tarp; (13) back up and stand with two back feet on the tarp; (14) back up (with no help, just a cue); (15) come to mom in the field; (16) walk, trot, canter on command; (17) free lunge a small circle around mom no matter the size of the arena; (18) w/t/c with saddle on and stirrups down and flapping against me; (19) back into my stall; (20) hold my head down until mom tells me to lift it; (21) step over (sideways to the right and to the left depending on cue).
Mom has been doing lots of saddle stuff. She also has taught me to stand very still by the mounting block. She hasn't really ridden me yet, but says that is coming very soon. I love her. I wait for her every day and nicker for her so she takes me out of the stall first before the spotted thing. She gives me nice cool rinses when it is hot, and bought me the neatest fly mask that covers my whole face down to my nose (I don't have it on the picture because Andy likes to take it off sometimes, and this was one of those days).
I am growing and happy and have lots of friends and admirers. I still get my Himalayan Salt blocks too! Mom is going to be busy traveling for work these next two weeks, but will post more on me when she returns and take some additional pictures!
Love, Roo
2 comments:
Yea Roo!!! I'm glad you're back! Sounds like you are doing great and have made lots of friends. I'm glad you love your mom! What a big boy you are getting to be - soon you'll be bigger than your mom!
By the way, I'm glad to see you still have a heart on your butt!
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