We took Sampson out for a walk on Wednesday and worked on establishing where his yeses and his maybes are. For a very young horse he does mighty well. He starts off as a yes, then there's a little maybe as he reaches the end of the other horses' magnetic field and that is quickly followed by another yes and then you can see that he starts thinking maybe again. These are the places that Theresa and I want to work - not engaging with his no - and so we turn for home again at an opportune moment, before setting off on another one of the tracks. Fortunately one of these has a circular bit at the end and with the others, we just make sure that we don't turn back in the same place each time. After three tours of the same tracks, he is going further each time and building up his own little map. In this way we contain his excitement and don't engage with any 'no' or give him the opportunity to practice it.
Other than that, the most exciting thing has been visiting my horses in the snow. For them the food is the most exciting thing. This morning (listen, I'm trying my best here!) it was off to the feed shop first...
Then off for a bit of ice skating in the car...
This little girl was standing sentry at the Forest gate...
The queue for hay included some we hadn't met before.
Jack is always pleased to see us...
And on the way back out we gave the sentry and her friend a few piles of hay too...
