a really good day

It was a really good day today with Pistol  We did some easy circling work, and I got some really nice trotting from him, very rounded and collected, and some really pretty changes of direction. Being a LBE, he had to throw in some bucks, but I've learned not to react, because then he thinks I'm fighting with him. If I just ignore it, he does his thing and moves on, and besides, I dont mind him being a bit cheeky. I think he's funny most of the time. :D We got in the trailer again to eat dinner, and he was super cute about it. Plus later when I went to shut the pasture gate, he started running around me at liberty and wanting to play, and almost playing tag with me. He would run in circles, and as soon as he looked at me, I disengaged him, and he whipped around, looked at me, and then did a little "cutting horse" moves and started running in a circle bucking again. I waited during most of this, just encouraging him occasionally, and pretty soon he got his exuberance out, and came in for a scratch. He even started scratching me while I scratched him. What a cutie.