Today was chilly. I went out not knowing what we would do today. It rained last night so of course I had a muddy mess to clean up. 3 wheelbarrows full! Yuck. I took Koda over to the grass to let him graze while I cleaned. He looks so happy.
After that I decided to take him for a walk. I practiced ground manners, halt, etc. But all of that changed when the deer ran in front of us. Koda didn't spook or anything but he got stressed and instead of let it go and relax, I decided to follow the deer to see if I could get him to relax around them (we found a group of 5 deer). Big mistake. He just got excited, snorted and kept looking in their direction. I have a lot to learn in regards to ground manners when a horse is excited. Sheesh! He was controllable but if I had let go of that lead rope I don't know what would have happened.
When we got back to the barn I put him in the turnout area and of course the first thing he did was roll in the mud. That's my boy! He was all relaxed again. I decided to do some at liberty work. I went to get his grain. Of course he followed me and I gave him a little. Then he walked away and I was surprised because he LOVES his grain. I realized he was going to the fence to crib (he's a cribber and it's his usual habit when he eats his grain). I just watched, and before long he came trotting up to me. I asked him to bow and he did--got some grain and went back to crib.
Again he came trotting up to me, about 30 feet away. It was so cute. We kept playing this game until the grain was gone. He's definitely on the lazy side so for him to keep turning to me and trotting up was funny. Needless to say he didn't get his sheet put back on because I didn't have time to clean all the mud off his winter coat.
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