I was SO proud of the little boy last night! First I applied some MTG to his legs, and formaldehyde to his hooves. I showed my mom how to handle him (he really is easy). His only issue handling is that he has NO respect for your space, which for a 2 year old, I'm thankful is his ONLY leading issue. He doesn't like to tie very well, and keeps busting out of the cross ties (good thing they are safety velcro ties). I imagine that will come with time and a lot of patience. I also lunged him in tack for a short while, and he did fine. He got the hang of that right away. After all of that, I got my mom to lead him around while I sat on him. He did not care one bit. We walked around for a lap each direction of the ring, until I could feel his little 2 year old mind starting to have a boredom meltdown, so I hopped off.
I am so proud of my little boy. I don't think I will get on him too often. Maybe once a week or so just so that he doesn't "forget" that it's okay to let people ride him. I am waiting until he is 3 to actually start any real training.
The vet is coming out on the 23rd to do a full workup on him. I'm going to have her check his teeth before I put a bridle on him. I imagine that having a bridle on will actually HELP with Jinx's boredom issues under saddle...he'll have something to play with.
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