Meandering with Marilyn

And there is water running everywhere. We still have quite a lot of snow….I’m still seeing lots of white everywhere, but it’s starting to get less.

MO was out to see me last weekend. The weather was pretty nice and she longed me in the snow. I laid down and rolled in it repeatedly. Horses are so smart! I know how to get clean! I am starting to shed. Of course, being the wooly mammoth that I am, it’s my shorter hairs that are shedding…I am saving all the long hairs for the next storm…

MO says it’s interesting to see what a horse will remember from the previous year’s training. Well, let’s see what did I remember? I remember how to longe in a circle. I remember how to turn around in this circle, if I’m forced to.(not on cue) I really love doing my very best Hi Ho Silver Away’s for MO when she makes me change directions.

MO says it’s obvious that I remember the desensitizing training. I guess she thought I wouldn’t remember anything.

I will sidepass away from her on cue and make half hearted attempts to sidepass towards her on cue.

MO says my biggest take a way from last year is remembering to side pass to her so she can mount. We did practice that quite a lot. I became proficient at being mounted from the side of the corral, the pickup tail gate, a picnic bench, a half barrel and any place else she could think up. It shouldn’t have surprised her that I remembered my training well. Of course, MO didn’t ask me to side pass so she could mount me; I just wanted to get finished with the longing game and she asked me not to approach. What’s a girl to do? If I can’t approach directly, I will side pass up to her!

The horse shoer came a couple weeks a go and trimmed my hooves. I really impressed MO with my improvement over last year. I stood patiently on 3 of the 4 feet. On the last foot, I rebelled a little bit and was not polite for a few minutes, then I cooperated.

Ahhh! Spring…….

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