Bubbles and Suds

Well on Wednesday my friend Macy came over and hung out with me. It was a hot day, so we decided to spend it outside bathing the horses. We bathed Charlotte (rinsed her at Liberty) and tied her to dry under tree. Then we got Teddy and bathed him. She took the cutest pictures EVER of him with the hose (she is a photographer). We didn't tie him because, as I know from our trailering experience taking him home, he doesn't tie. We set him up with some hay, but the curious little guy wasn't enticed. He'd rather roam around, messing with Charlotte who couldn't mess back cuz she was tied, or... rolling. Thats right, we spent a long time scrubbing on him and everything, and he rolled. Twice. We got Woody next and got him practically flourescent white. He was sparkling and looking beautiful. We tied him to dry, took Charlotte and groomed her, brushed mane and tail, and put shiny stuff on her coat. Then we groomed Teddy and did the same with him. We then got Woody and brushed him and made him even more beautiful. All the while we took pictures of everyone clean and beautiful. They all did really well, minus Teddy rolling.
I then tacked Woody up and put the hackamore on so I could lead Macy around (she had never ridden a horse before). She did really well with Woody! We went up and down hills and even trotted a couple times! I got on after her and rode him around a bit and she got a couple pictures of that, too. We had a really good day that day and all of them did well.

Yesterday I went out and played with Teddy. He is literally such a fast learner, I can't believe it. He is already doing the first 3 games at Liberty. I haltered him (he is so easy to catch now!) and we went and practiced hm just standing still where I place him on the end of the line (in preparation for tying). He tried to come forward to me who was sitting in a chair reading, but I would just gently put him back and leave him alone. He stood still for about 3 minutes once, so I drew him into me and gave him some scratches. I began to teach him how to lift his feet by tapping his legs with the stick, and he showed he was beginning to understand that, so we moved on. We then played with leading and following my movement and the feel on the rope (once again in preparation for tying). He did really well with that also. I tied him to a tree in the shade and had it looped around so I was holding the other end so I could help give him a release and could get him out in an emergency situation also. He did just fine and stood still, so I actualy tied a quick release knot and walked a little ways away and watched. He did absolutely perfect, so I let him go. I detached his lead rope and put feel on the halter until he started following me, then I let him go and we had a little Liberty moment of him following me back to the barn (first time). He had a really good session.
I then grabbed Charlotte and tied her halter into reins and rode her all over the pasture bareback. I had ridden Woody on Wednesday and wanted to give him a break, and Charlotte hadn't been ridden in forever, so I decided to take her around a bit. She did really well and we just ahd fun going everywhen: up and down the hills, through the tree grove, under trees, around the pen. We even cantered 3 times up a hill which was really fun. All in all, yesterday was a good session.

This morning I went out to feed and noticed that Woody had a LOT of yellow "eye boogers" running down his face from his eye. We called the Tech Vets and they told me to put the Clear Eyes solution in it to flush it out, and then put a warm compress over his eye for several minutes. I did that, and here in a couple hours I am going to go out and do it again. I sure hope it is nothing serious, but I doubt it is. I will keep you updated.

I made an album of all the pictures that we took from the bath day, and here is the link to the album on Photobucket. There were so many of them I couldn't individually upload them on blogger. Sorry for the amount of pictures.... there are a lot!!
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x137/Charlottebaby01/Bubbles%20and%20Suds/
~Eden