This is the message I sent to Gwin's previous owner tonight:
I groomed her for about 45 minutes, and then I walked with her inside. I have been working on walking her without a lead, and today she did SO well. She will walk with her nose nearly on my right hand, straight ahead and even with tight turns. She'll also stop with me and a voice command. I'm working on teaching her to back up to marching feet. For now, I touch her chest and say "back" while marching. She's SO sweet and attentive.
I rode her for about 30 minutes, doing circles and getting her mind off the beaten path. I can tell she's been a trail horse for awhile.
Then I let my son ride her for the first time. She wouldn't do much for him with me in the ring, so I just led her around by walking with her. I was also able to have him ride her completely bare back after I took her saddle off.
I noticed that she is not comfortable even with the idea of being bare back with me. I haven't mounted her yet, but when I checked how she'd react by just draping my arms over her while I stood on the block, she did not like it one bit. I figured he'd have a better chance at it being less than half my weight. I DIDN'T think we'd get him ON her today, but she had no problem with it. He was proud.
Again, I led her around for him. She's kind of a one person girl I'm noticing.
It was hard leaving her tonight. I missed her already half way down the road. She's just so soft and cuddly and sweet. She lets me love on her so much, and she's so loving, herself. I love it!
In Heaven.
Love, Lora"
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