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Date Posted: 09:36:08 04/28/02 Sun
Author: Dillan and Moonshine
Subject: Canters

he had hold of a lunge line and lunge whip in his right hand and a mare in his left...he lead the mare to the round pen to train her...she was only four.

Moonshine was trained already to be lead around but not anything else.

He put her in the round pen and let her look at it sine Moonshine did not see this pen before...

Moonshine snorted and reared in the air then pawed the ground...her eyes darted everywhere seeing that there was a fence surrounding her.

"Ok Girl." he moved forward and hooked the lunge rope on her...he stepped back and clucked to her moving the lunge forward to get her to go.

Moonshine went forward but twirled around feelign that there was a longer rope on her.

"No!" he said it firmly and slung the lunge whip in front of her eyes.

She whirled back around and stayed that way...moving into a canter like she was told to do...

after awhile he stopped the mare and went to get a saddle and bridle...he came back and carefully slipped the light english saddle on. tightening it only enough where it would not fall off...he then put a bridle on she would not open her mouth and it was hard to get her head down but after a moment he had the bridle on her.He stood back lunge line in his hand and moving her forward into a walk.

The mare bucked and began to canter and yank at the line.

"Whoah." His muscles tightened as he pulled on the line when she tugged on it...it was like him playing tug-o-war.

The mare settled after five turns in the pen...

he moved in front of her making her swing around to the other side so he can get her use to both ways.

Moonshine startled and tried going to the left again.

"No!" He said this firmly and swung the whip in front of her.

she stayed to the right like she was told.

After awhile of that he stopped her and walked up...he tightened the girth straps so the saddle wouldnt slip and undid the lung line.He went to the mounting side and put his foot in the sturrip...he bounce on it making sure the mare wouldnt move.

She didnt just stood there.

He smiled and patted Moonshines neck before swinging his leg over and sitting in the saddle...he didnt make her go just sat there letting her get use to the extra weight.

Her ears flicked back at the extra weight and swing her head around to see who it was...she found out it was Dillan and nickered a hello.

He smiled and patted her neck before clucking to her and moving his heel in her side lightly.

She moved forward at this cue and stayed at a walk.

He smiled and moved her into a trot and then a canter...

The mare looked like a perfessional now after all that lunging and training from the ground...

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Replies:

obseves -- Debbi, 20:34:08 04/28/02 Sun
- Smiles -- Dillan, 18:12:04 04/30/02 Tue
  - nods -- Debbi, 18:29:15 04/30/02 Tue
    - Shakes his head -- Dillan, 18:32:24 04/30/02 Tue
      - nods -- Debbi, 18:49:40 04/30/02 Tue