Sunday fun day

Day two of very hot weather so I decided to forgo riding today but to work with Jester on his ground manners and then have some fun. So I caught him out of the field and we munched on some grass before brushing him off (need to bathe him a little better, around the cinch). Then we worked on picking up his feet. If he let me, he got a treat. If he didn't we kept at it.

When we were done with the treats, we went for a walk in the shade (the arena is all sun in the middle of the day). So we struck out on a lead line and headed up Tallow Hill (class VI) Road, which is to say the dirt tire track that leads into the woods. We went a fair distance and I tried to gauge his reaction to being out in unfamiliar woods. He was very energetic and stopped a couple times to listen to the woods and I tried to teach him to eat only when I dropped the lead line. I know from my trial ride that he loves to eat on the trail.

He seemed a little high strung in the woods - not sure if that's just his woods walking pace - but he seemed fine crossing the little stream next to the trees. Probably won't go out just yet, but it was informative and a nice change of pace. Now if the weather would just not be in the 90s all week, we'd be great.