Calypso did not want the saddle on today. Every time I got near him with it, he got the crazy look in his eyes and jumped away. I put him to work and let him rest at the saddle and about the third time, he let me set it on.
I put hay in a feed bag with a rope on it and let him follow it around, then I asked him to step on it. It did not take long before he was stepping on it with his front feet and stepping over it with his hind. Then we went for a walk with the saddle on him. Through the bushes, over the logs, into the pond and to the pinwheel. When I flicked the rope over the saddle, he panicked but I was able to calm him and keep him from escaping. That was a first, yea! At the pinwheel, he walked and trotted over the logs then sidestepped over to me resting and closing his eyes. I rubbed the rope all over the saddle as he stood relaxing. We went up the steps and back to the round corral where I got on and off of the saddle and flexed him both ways. I was so thrilled that he stayed calm. I took the halter off and he walked beside me all the way back to his pen which is about 400 feet over the hill.
I'd say that was a pretty good day.
I really want Calypso to stay with me. He has taught me so much and I am so in love with him. Beside the fact that he is one beautiful horse.
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