Well, I worked with Java today,(the one closest in the picture) and I must tell you that she's just an absolute angel. It started like this: I began by walking out to her field, and she willingly comes over to me right away- no running away, no playing tag... anyways, so I lead her into the barn and groom her- part of my grooming process is putting show sheen on the main and tail. I don'y usually do this with Java, though, I just do the basics. However, today me and mom sprayed some show sheen on her forelock, and she didn't even flinch! We could already tell it was going to be a good day. We began longework, and she did everything beautifully. Her walk was open and forward most of the time, and although she did rush her trot a bit, she had a nice, even canter, and always picked up the correct lead. Once we figured she was tired enough, I hopped on. We started by just walking around, and letting her get used to having me on her back again. Once she was balanced, mom longed us at the trot, and she was pretty good, other than being distracted by our audience. (the neighbors three cows that came up to the fence to watch) We're planning on getting her into some small shows in the spring and then selling her when she's three. She's born early in the year (Feb. 28) so we had the advantage of starting her a while earlier than most two-year-olds can be started. Anyways, I'm hoping I can get some more work done with her before the weather gets too bad. You know what's strange? Just the other day I was cleaning out Java and Athena's water bucket, and I found a huge prickle in it! It was actually kind of funny. I guess they found it somewhere, and it pricked them, so they dropped it! Anyways, I've got to go have lunch now. See Ya!
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