Ok-so it is not so hot. For about ten days it was unseasonably hot. Mick and his pals came running to the barn when I got home from work in the morning."Let us In"! it seems that Percherons and Haflingers hate the sun and most of all the huge amount of flies that have been enjoying a hot, wet spring.
Finally, Sunday we got to have a lunge. Mick is so much more forward than his Haflinger pals. Very sensitive and attentive but not nosy and unfocused like the Arab. I lunge him in a rope halter. Yep. It really works well. They don't make Cavessons in his size (HUGE). having used all of the above, I feel I am equally as effective with this, properly positioned as I would be with the finest European made cavesson. My biggest problem is that the only flat spot I have is fairly small. It is fine for walk trot but to push a big horse into a canter, I really need more space.
I had a round pen up last year (which I really need to canter him) but my family would not let me put it anywhere but in the pasture. It was a rough spot (the ground)and the horses were rubbing against the gates and tearing it up so down it came :-(((( ! OH...for an indoor!!!
So sad when genius is suppressed!
Mick and I do th ebest we can. Since I cannot risk riding him (too tall) at this time. We do ground work and perhaps we can learn to do some fancy stuff. Horsemanship is not just about riding.
At least that is what Mick and I think!
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