Bo has some fun...

[velessa]

...grinding dirt into his white coat. Yay. Is it any wonder I keep him covered most of the time?

I rode Bo a little in the round pen again tonight, still in the western saddle and giving him sugar cubes during and just after mounting and stepping out. No problems there. Prior to that, I took him into the indoor arena to the scary mounting corner and fed him some grain there. While he was eating I stood next to him on the mounting block, leaned over him, and swung my leg over his back a little bit (still stood on the block with the other one). He only vaguely tried to move away from the block at the beginning and only looked a bit concerned when he had run out of food. =p We'll keep working on it...

Comments

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

He's a lovely mover isn't he? I like the look of him.

[harnessphoto.livejournal.com]

I can't even imagine what it takes to keep that horse clean.

[velessa.livejournal.com]

Well, for instance, after he rolls in the dirt like this, the first thing I do is wipe down his entire body with baby wipes to get as much of the surface dirt off as I can; that works pretty well.

[bella-cheval.livejournal.com]

My God, he's gorgeous!

[89rodeogirl.livejournal.com]

Good Lord is he ever built like I tank! I love it!

[allevil.livejournal.com]

hehe, its a good thing you don't have the lovely red dirt that we have here. ;-p And its a good thing (for me) my mare is a reddish bay. Bo looks handsome as ever. He is still (fairly )clean even after his roll!

[greenanimal.livejournal.com]

After seeing him run like that still, I doubt he's very sore lol. I should bring Magic over so they can chase each other around tomorrow.

[velessa.livejournal.com]

I bet they'd enjoy that. =)