I was glad to see "MOM" (Manic Older Mare, hahaha!)when she first arrived, but now I'm not so sure. After taking me from my round pen prison as usual and letting me eat grass for only a minute or two; she said something about having plans for me today. Some plans; they involved putting a saddle on my back, tying my reins to the stirrups to keep me correct and then longeing me in those idiotic circles to nowhere. I didn't really like my head tied and began grinding my teeth. MOM must've noticed because she "reined me in", haha (horse joke) and took off the rigged bridle. I was thinking "great!" until showmanship practice began. I was ready to go eat more grass and she wants me to practice her showmanship? Not so much! I tried putting me in the statue position, but I made it hard for her today; just couldn't quite get that hindfoot set most of the time....oh, and when she asked for the walking around on the front end only, yeah......I got all bendy on her and had to move my back foot. Oh yeah, and the back ups? Haha! I had a really hard time backing straight. Poor MOM seemed to be a bit frustrated as she acted like a manic monkey when I wouldn't get out of her space. Geez, who knew she had a space? Excuuuuse me! I had a lot of fun today.
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