Day 18 July 1

Saddled him and put snaffle bit on him for the first time. Put plastic bags on saddle tied bridle reins to saddle horn loosely, put rope from saddle horn around his hindquarters turned him loose in arena. Drove him around 20-30 minutes with a plastic bag. Then I let him stand in arena while I rode other horses in the same area. He seemed to be fairly comfortable after about 2 hours. I got him to yield his head left and right with snaffle bit from the ground. He's going to have a nice way of carrying his head and neck. He's going to be real soft in the jaw. So I took the saddle bags and rope off his rump led him into the stall. Got on him again, this time ask him to move his feet. He was alittle troubled when he started to move so I gently guided his energy to the left. Let him circle the stall a couple of times, then I directed him to the right. He's really settling into this and accepting me on his back nice. So I rubbed on his neck and rump. He's accepting me nicely so I will call it a day.