Being a big girl!

Well today she was at least! On Monday Jenny helped me put a saddle on her for the first time. There was not a round pen open so we did it in a grass patch outside. Not sure why all then (she had never cared before) but while Jenny was holding her she decided to be terrified of the sheep. And I mean terrified!

Besides that, on Monday we did a little round pen work and more sacking out to different things. She is doing really good with it all. She tried to make me think she forgot how to round pen a little but once we got going she got back into the swing of it and was working great.

Today we tried something new, trailer loading! Although she was nervous and unsure about it she walked right in. Once in she was fidgety and kept trying to turn around. I just kept petting her and keeping her straight until she stood still then asked her to back out. She loaded up twice. We will keep doing it each day in hopes of her becoming more used to it. She also wasn't terrified of the sheep today! We continued to work on our ground manners which are getting really good. I found something she was unsure of (a milk jug with rocks in it) and sacked her out to that. I could throw it over her back, under her, in front of her, etc. We didnt make it to the round pen today. People were taking forever and few horses got in. Hopefully Friday we can get in and start our ground driving.

Im really looking forward to being able to ride her. I feel like we run out of things to do each day since we only have 2 round pens for like 12 horses. There is only so much stuff we can do outside. Especially since we have been doing it for 2 weeks now. Hopefully she takes well to ground driving so I dont have to wait for  a round pen and can just ground drive her outside.