It's been awhile

Well, here we are in the beginning of Summer, and all is going well. Peanut and I have been doing trainings of many different avenues. From mounted stress training, evaluations, parade training, to training Peanut to work cattle. What an adventure we have had over the past few months.

Peanut and I traveled with our good friends, Janet and Rustin to work on some cattle. Rustin has a natural talent for working cows, but Peanut has to learn what to do with them. I was surprised that Peanut did not back away from them. He went right into the herd and followed my lead.

Mounted evaluations proved to me that Peanut was truly a good horse. We had a little difficulty with opening and closing the gate, but with a little more work, it will all come like second nature.

Then came some of the other obstacles.
Like the bag of cans drag. Peanut was rock solid. He stood there just perfect. Let me drag this

noisy bag of rattling cans at him and open a portable dumpster and drop the bag in.
We then moved on to the traffic barrels. Here I had to walk Peanut up to the barrels, grab one at a time, and stack them on top of one another.

Peanut was true performer at this. Not one issue at letting me lean way to one side, and pick up a heavy plastic barrel and carry it to the next one and stack it on top.

We then moved to the stack barrels. We have to knock the barrels done and then walk through them. This allows us to show our horses can manuver through tight areas and move obstacles with our horses, if the need should ever arise. Peanut not only knocked them down, but was impressive to watch Peanut step gingerly through very small tight areas with his legs and feet and not react. How can one not appriciate a horse, who is willing to give anything and everything to please the rider. Peanut and I may not aways see eye to eye. We may have our off days, but what friendship doesn't. He is truly my best friend in all aspects of the meaning.