Day 29

Today wasn't one of the best days. The first part he did great and the second part he just didn't want to listen to me. When I got to the barn today Upendi came right up to me. I set up the tarp in his stall and then I put his halter on. We walked across it a couple of times without any problems. Then I took him out of his stall to groom him like I did yesterday. I wanted to see if he would pay attention a little more. I groomed him and then I picked up all of his feet perfectly. Then I took him bak into his stall when Matt had this big water hose and was messing with the waterer. He was fine through all this in fact we trotted and turned. When Matt was done I took Upendi to the round pen and hooked him up to the lunge line. Here is where the problem started. I used a bag to move him out. But instead of him moving he wanted to turn and fight it. I couldn't get him to get out of his corner.

Today me and my dad made a bridge to practice on for the competition. It looks great. However, I don't know how we are going to get it out to the barn. I'm sure whatever we do will be interesting.