Naughty Horse

Today I had my first riding lesson. Before this, all of our lessons with Alisha have been ground work. Alisha got on Savy first and rode him around. She said that my saddle fit him really well and it was made very well. It actually puts your legs in the correct position rather than most western saddles that force your legs out in front of you. Mine forces proper position with your feet underneath your butt.

So Alisha got to experience my naughty horse that hasn't been ridden in over six months. When I got on him on Tuesday, he was pulling this little trick where he would stop in the middle of the arena and just start backing up for no reason. Luckily, he tried to pull this while Alisha was on him.

So after 20 minutes, I got on him right about the time that Savy decided he was done working for the day. He was so bratty! And you could see it in his face and ears. He wasn't pinning his ears back but they were definitely back in a very bratty way and Alisha said he had this mischievous look on his face. He kept stopping by the mounting block as if to say, "ok mom, we are done now." Alisha had me squeezing until my legs cramped up until we got some forward motion. Ooooo...he was being such a big brat! We decided not to stop working until he stopped thinking about stopping in the middle and after 45 minutes, we finally got lots of forward motion with no stops. What a little punk! We definitely have a lot of work ahead of us.