Gail got to meet Doc, and her first words when she saw the wounds were, "Oh my God!!". (I guess they are a little worse to look at in person?) I am so used to seeing them that they actually look pretty good to me now!
Doc was again a very brave boy for our adventure. He took right to the idea of the playground, and went over the wooden bridge without any problem. He also thought the tire jungle gym was interesting, and without much coaxing, he even went through the cowboy curtain!
Thanks to Gail, our photographer :)
I let him go free in the arena for a while, and he mostly stuck to me like glue. I had fun running the length of the arena with him trotting happily right beside me. We did a little bit of the circling game, and also got a great start on going sideways at the rail.
Outside the arena, we played with the squeeze game some more: in between buildings and rails, under the giant fallen tree, and under the barn overhang. I think it will be important to be really good at that for Friday in case we have to get into stocks or something.
Standing tied without pulling anymore! |
Thank you, Melissa and Robin for the information on how to predict his final height. I still have to do the string test, but according to the test from the elbow, it looks like our boy might top out close to 17 hands. Wow! It's a good thing we like big horses!
~Jackie
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