Spent another morning working with Eli. Tuesday and Thursday mornings, the boys now go to daycare, giving me free time to do horsey stuff. Today was productive - Eli was in a good mood and seemed ready for anything. I saddled him again and sent him around the pen. This time he gave some good bucks, but settled down after a few minutes. Then it was on to the bridle. He took the bit just fine, chewed on it for a bit, but accepted it quickly. Did some long-lining - again, no problem. After all that, I put a foot in the stirrup, hopped around some, put weight in the stirrup, laid across him, everything but actually swinging a leg over. I don't have an extra person around most of the time when I'm working out at the barn. It's the only thing that's stopped me from riding him up til now, because I like having someone on the ground nearby for those first couple of rides. This weekend I ought to be able to round someone up to be my ground person. I'm more than ready to get on this horse's back!
Once again, I forgot to bring the camera along to document our training adventures. Hopefully I'll have photographic proof of our accomplishments soon.
It seems my mustang adventures are leading me to educate myself on the technological front as well. I've been working to make my blog prettier, add some photos and other cool stuff. I have zero skills in this area, so thus far my site is pretty basic. Check back often for any improvements!
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Hey there! My name is Christina; I'm another trainer for the 2008 EMM. I also have a kid to juggle along with horsey stuff. My daughter, Elayne, is 15 months old, and goes to the baby sitter every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so I can work with my Mustang. I am still not as far as you, though! The BLM certainly did not send me a trained horse, but we are coming along fine. If you want to look at my blog (I am also new to the whole blog thing, so it is very basic) you can find it here: http://extrememustang-mrnine.blogspot.com/
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