Day 21

Today was the deciding day for my saddle, and I decided on keeping it. The first thing that I did with Upendi today was bring him out into the main barn again where the tacking up area is. Then I brought him into the arena and tied him up where he could see stuff going on outside and inside of the arena. Then I brought Honey Bunny into the arena and tied her up in a different place in the arena. Upendi calmed down a bit when Bunny came in. When I rode Bunny he was moving all over to get a good look at us. When I was done riding her I tried leading my two horses next to each other. It worked great Upendi listened to every command and he didn't mind the saddle that was still on Bunny's back. And Bunny was awesome because she has never like small horses (including babies and ponies), and it just seemed like when Upendi was in here face it bugged her. I let Bunny go in the arena while I worked with Upendi in there also. She didn't do much she just stood at the gate. I worked on trotting, stopping, turning, and backing with Upendi. We also journeyed down to the end of the arena and we found cones and a big ball. He was very interested in the ball and he wanted to sniff it. Before we put it away Upendi was nudging it around with his nose and I could kick the ball around him. I also took a cone and put it on his back.