Hi all,

Sorry I haven't posted for a while been busy getting ready for school, my sisters guinea pig has bladder stones so we had to take her to the vet. We've been going out a lot so here's the update on buddy. His thrush is back but don't worry as you know he stands in that hole which is bad for his feet but also his back because he does have some arthritis. Well someone donated a bunch of stall mats. With miss Cheryl's permission next time we're out we're going to get some gravel and fill in the hole and put in a stall mat!! I also got him some red 5 gallon buckets with his name on it to match his red corner feeder. I've been riding him bareback lately and when he graduates from the indoor arena with his listening skills then I'll move him to the outdoor arena and after he graduates from there he'll get to go trail riding. Last Sat. I took him into the arena for 4 hours! and here's what we did. I recognized that scared of buckets just laying around and he's a lot more cautious after some training so his parelli chart is finally starting to balance out. I don't want him to be cautious it's that i want him to be better responding not that he isn't already perfect:). So we played what is called the touch game to help him to be a more confident horse, even though he's an LBI (left brain introvert) and there amazingly confident he does get a little spooky at objects that we'd not expect. So this is how the touch game works so you have a 12' lead rope much better then a small little one and a carrot stick you pick a object and drive your horse to it with your carrot stick and your lead rope when the horse gets closer you leave them alone but when they get farther away you get on to them, and your goal is for them to touch there nose on the object and when they do reward them with a treat. He picked it up real quickly and now he's sticking his nose on every thing:) I'll post later.