Day 25

Today I brought a big yellow pool noodle with me when I saw Upendi to see if that phased him at all. And of course it didn't in a minute I was rubbing the scary thing all over him. Then I put it on the ground to see if he would walk over it. The first time he walked slowly over it. Then he got better and better. That means he stopped kicking it when he walked and he didn't step on it any  more. The next thing we tried t0 do was pot the noodle on top of two buckets to see if he would jump over it. That failed he walked right through the noodle and knocked it off. So I got a hay thing and tried to get him to go over it. Success! He went over it  beautifully. I think Upendi really enjoys jumping. We would just trot over to the hay, jump over it and trot or canter off. I have always wanted a jumper. The next thing I did with Upendi was clean put his feet. Then we brought him out to the tacking up area. He was nervous, we are going to have to go over there more.