Double Team

I went out today, got Woody under halter, put more desitin on his nose (he has some sort of dirt fungus something on his nose from putting his nose in the ground too much), and torched his leg again. It looks better no doubt, but it is still a little bigger than the other leg. I hooked on the 22' line to see if I could see ANY inkling of a limp on a circle. We walked and trotted, but I didn't see anything. I then practiced getting a more snappy and straight back up from Woody (Terrie's suggestion, getting his back up = forward) which went pretty well. I also practiced driving him from zone 4/5 which was fun.
I really wanted to play with him some because I haven't played with him all week, so I hooked on the 12' rope, got Teddy's halter and rope, and practiced leading them together. I wanted to practice this because everytime I play with them together in some way, Woody always tries to bite Teddy (he is showing his authority over him, we shouldn't be because I am the leader). So, everytime I saw Woody or Teddy reach out to the other one, I would drive their noses away from each other with the flag. Eventually they were trotting next to each other following me without any ugly. We headed back to the barn, and I wanted to try to play with them together. I learned though that when I Yo-Yo one back without asking the other to back up, they both back up anyways. Will have to work on that. But when we arrived back at the barn, I stopped Teddy, sent Woody in a Squeeze between me and the barn post, disengaged the HQ, and asked him to stop and wait. Then I turned back to Teddy, sent him ina Squeeze and disengaged his HQ as well. They both stood there next to each other looking at me like "what's next?" Pretty cool stuff! I also asked Woody to go Sideways over to the pony from zone 1 and he did willingly. I gave them a cookie and let them go and scratched on them some. Fun day!
~Eden