Monday, March 23, 2009

PipeOpener

This Saturday my Mom and I rode in the Full Moon Farm Pipeopener. I did 2 trips in the baby field hoping Satchmo would finally go through the water...sadly he did not and we didn't have the time to try and wait patiently for him to get over his fear. *sigh* but otherwise we had a good day! Mom and Bella were pros through their round! And Satchmo didn't spook at anything else other than the water :) We all had a good time, too, and they also loaded well! All in all, a successful day! I'm hoping in May things continue on this path. Below are pictures from the day :)





Monday, March 9, 2009

Getting ready for Show Season

Yesterday was a great lesson. Got some scary contruction barrels and the tarp back out to practice getting satchmo used to different stuff being thrown at him. I put the tarp out so he gets used to going through things and not just around or over. Then we did jumps over bright barrels. He was scared at first but was actually braver than he was before. I don't know if following Bella helped....it had to have at least a little. So I'm confident that in 2 weeks at the pipe opener following Bella once through the water will be just what satchmo needs. Mom took some pictures and now I can update with some recent pics of our progress :) Granted this bunch isn't as graceful as usual but it's still ok :)