I've been so crazy busy all day, that I haven't had much time to work on anything at home. I was at work from 7:30am-6:30pm, watching/participating in a saddle fitting on the horses at work, and then in a meeting. I got home and was completely exhausted, but I knew I needed to work with Pistol. So... I went to grab him, and he did a nice job haltering. That is something I am just so incredibly proud of. :D We worked on some stick to me over to a figure 8 pattern. I played with the figure 8 pattern until he did 2 nice circles on his own, and passed through the middle without pinning his ears. Once I stopped him, he started licking and chewing. Then I went to work on sideways, because that game needs tons of work. I started on the fence, and discovered that going left, with me standing on his right side, goes beautifully, but the opposite side is horrendous. We worked on that a bit, with me trying to push Pistol just enough to motivate him without actually pushing him. He got frustrated and kept backing up from the fence, so I took him out away from it and asked for sideways without a fence. Once he got a couple good steps sideways, I stopped, and got more licking and chewing. I went outside to work on circling on a surface with some give, and got some really nice circles at a walk and trot. Pistol still has a bit of an issue with cantering, either he bolts off and loses focus, or he turns it into a trot. So I've been working on that, but because it was so hot, I didn't push him to do much trotting or cantering. We headed over towards the trailer in the backyard, because I was going to work on saddling again. However, something came up. As we rounded the house, Pistol noticed the gap in the porch covering underneath the deck, and the air conditioner was on! TWO scary things in ONE spot! So we had to do some approach and retreat with the gap under the deck and the air conditioner. Once he walked up and touched the air conditioner with his nose, he noticed a GIANT spider next to it, and wanted nothing to do with that! I didnt blame him because I didnt either!! It was getting pretty late, the sun was already setting, so I bagged the idea of saddling tonight and figured I would work on it tomorrow. I came back and looked at the spider, which is literally the size of my palm and black and yellow, and according to google, it is a non poisonous zipper spider. I decided I didnt care though, I didnt want it living right outside my bedroom window!!!! I cant stand spiders.
I forgot to mention, I recently joined Giddyupflix.com, and rented L&HB from them. DVD number 5 came today, which I ordered first, because of the trailer loading demo. I dont believe I will have time to order all of them before I leave, so I'm watching the ones I need most right now, and will watch the whole set in order another time. I'm super excited though to be watching this. :D
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