Day#11

Well I made some more progress with Alastor today I worked on picking up his feet it was long lesson that I have worked on some in the previous days. I took one leg at a time and used a rope to pull his foot up untill he was relaxed about some thing holding his foot up. Then I stepped in and rubbed on his cannon bones until he took a deep breath and soften his eye. After awhile I was able to pick up both front feet with out the rope but he still needs work on the back feet. That will come with time he is a bit of a kicker and tends to have good aim. After that I went to lunch and hung a bit in his mouth to get used to it. When i got back I got on him and used a four rein approach to get him used to the bit being used keeping him as soft as possible. He picked up what I was asking very fast. So I took him out of the round pen and rode him out side and as I saw I had as good as control of him as if I was in the round pen. I took him down the road cars were passing bye and paper on the side of the road was moving as they past but nothing seemed to bother him. It was a big step for Alastor and Me today. Were making a lot of progress this week so look for the up dates to see what we can accomplish next.