Good Kid

We free-lunged again today, working on voice commands and increasing exercise time. Kid exceeded all my expectations in that he lengthened his trot (no more floppy hooves) and took to voice commands like he had done them before. His movement seems more fluid now than its ever been. Any stiffness he had in his hips in gone.

In the next few weeks we are going to work on desensitization because Kid is still Mr. Spooky. I walked him in the covered arena and he freaked when he walked past the blue tractor. I also want him to get used to the wind noises in the arena so there are no surprises when we start riding again. Good news is that I don't think he is afraid of the neon green jolly ball anymore. We had thrown it in his paddock a few weeks ago and now he doesn't snort at or shy away from it.

Kid and Rupert. Kid's the one with the big butt.