Today's Ride!!!

I did get to ride today:):) I am so happy...Navajo was a little hesitant at first and acted like he wasn't going to go but he did go...I walked pretty well the whole way down the strip..THen when we turned the corner I asked for a trot but I pulled back on the reins a bit to ask for a slower trot...and he listened..we worked on that for a bit! Then we trotted some of the way home and cantered the rest..We got to where the garden is (which is a ways still from teh barn) and I got him to stop:) Then I decided to see if all the work I did with him moving his hindquarters and forequarters would pay off. SO I asked him to move his hindquarters to the right..AND HE DID IT!!!! Then I was like..Ok you know how to do that maybe you know how to move the other side..and he did that side too!!! Then I was like ok so you did the hindquarters which he had never done before I was like then maybe you can do the forquarters too! AND HE DID>>BOTH SIDES!! I WAS SO HAPPY AND PROUD...So I got off of him and praised him and gave him a big hug...Then I walked beside him on the way back to the barn with him following me:) I had a wonderful ride and I feel so proud of Navajo..Have a wonderful rest of the week and wonderful MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! From Ruth Ann N Navajo

picture done by a friend:):) ♥