Day 19, July 2

I saddled him up, he's accepting the saddle better each time. He let me put the bags on him, but he is still troubled by them. Took him in the arena, turned him loose and worked him in the large area. The bags really scare him when he gets to move. He is really getting hooked onto me and is eager to come towards me. He's really looking for a friend! I took the bags off him and led him into the stall and I stepped on him. I moved him around in the stall at a walk first to left then to the right. He's pretty unsure looking over his shoulder back into the saddle. Overall he's accepted it pretty well. It was another good day.

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.

Day 17, June 30

Caugth him, saddled him, took him into the arena, worked him left then right, got him going forward on the line. Hung plastic bags over saddle, he's still really bothered by bags, he kicks at them, trys to run from them. After he accepted them fairly well I took the bags off. Then I laid him down. He wasn't relectant about being laid down. He did not fight it as hard as domestic horses do. I then led him into the small stall and put weight in stirrup on both sides . He seemed to accept this fairly well so I swung my leg over and set on him. I immedately got off, led him around the stall, unsaddled him, hosed him off, gave him a wormer and called it a day.

Day 15, June 28

Drove home from the Show on Saturday.
Gave him the day off on Day 16, Sunday.
We all needed a rest!