Last week the round-pen was occupied. This week it was empty of horses, but full of mud and it was raining. Debbie's trainer was working horses in the arena, so I dilly-dallied a little with Brandy. I saddled her, then unsaddled her, then put her circingle on. By that time, two of the horses had been put away, so I rebuilt my "round-pen" and took Brandy for a lunging session. She did really well and I noticed a tiny bit of improvement in her holding her head.
The most exciting part of the day came when I had the genius idea to have Brandy walk over the tarp that was on the ground. We've never done this before, so I really just thought she would get a couple feet away from it and then balk. However, as I inched carefully onto the tarp, she followed, She snorted a little, but then followed me all the way across! I was ecstatic and we went in for another try. This time, her back foot got caught under the tarp. In the time that it takes you to blink, she lunged forward, pushed me down and I landed on my right hip (again). I saw her bolting for her stall and gripped the lunge-line tighter. I completely expected her to ignore the tug I gave the line. Instead, she spun around and looked at me with alarm as I regarded her with some sarcasm in my look. I praised her for not bolting completely, then we went over the tarp again without incident.
I want you all to know that this is HUGE! Tarps are terrifying. They're crinkly and move weird when they catch on everything and they're loud. Brandy walked across TWICE like she's been doing it for years (maybe she has and nobody told me). I'm very happy about this lessen.
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