Its been a month since ive posted and theres been lots of improvements with Sophie even though I havent had much time to ride. I may put her up for lease just to get her some more riding time. Ive been trying to alter her work sessions more since I find myself constantly working on just flat work. Ive been taking her out in the hay pasture and riding the outside track working on small gallop sets and trot work. She lengthens better out there heading towards the barn so its been good for that and getting in a few hills. She has much more energy and suspension out there so I can work her out there for 20 minutes and then take her in the ring for 10 or so minutes after and do her lateral movements and shes much more tuned in and the quality is getting even better. The field is proving to be a fantastic asset to training lately. Plus I love doing gallop sets!
Were still finessing the shoulder-in (were finally figuring it out!....well, im figuring it out finally haha), haunches-in, leg yield, and counter canter. All of them are making Sophie so much more in-tune with me and versatile in her movements. I had a FANTASTIC jump ride on Sophie the other day too! Ive been working over cavaletti doing four and five strides in a four stride line. I practiced that jumping as well. It was a short three stride and she did it in three and a four, although it wasnt the prettiest four haha. I need to pay attention walking more apparently! I raised all the fences to 2'11-3'2 and she did them all easily and beautifully with a wonderful pace. I was ecstatic with her! Sophie isnt the most fun to do show jumping on because its a lot of balance of aids and precise TOUGH riding but she went easily through the course and I was able to relax a little and enjoy jumping. Her dressage work has really improved her muscle and carriage and then the extra jump practice ive been putting in has really made her jumping come leaps and bounds from before. We are ready to show now!! Xc schooling in the near future and then the Virginia Horse Trials at the end of August will be our horse trial debut since last year. Its been WAAAYYYYY too long. Leo has had some off and on training. Lately when I ride him ive been riding down in his pasture. He is always a little sassy at first and doesnt want to listen to my turning aids and paces around trying to trot while im trying to walk. I make him walk and circle until he calms down, then we move on to trotting. Ive taken the approach that I just need to jump on and ride it out on him instead of lunging first and losing all that energy. Hes doing well. He bucked one time a few weeks ago when I cantered him in the ring but I was pushing REALLY HARD to get a certain lead and it was just too much for him. He responds wonderfully to the one rein stop so I yanked him up and then we continued on without incident. I havent cantered since then. He isnt ready to do that out in his pasture haha. He still needs a lot of work on steering but his response to leg aids is getting better. I have been slacking on him since Ive been short of time. Hopefully my schedule frees up soon so I can get him good and solid on w/t with
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So much has happened since my last post. Oh I hope I remember it all. This post may be a little back and forth haha.
Ok, so I was on vacation and was out at the farm working and riding every day. I made some new jumps, fixed some old ones, rode and did trailer training with both, and had a friend come visit from MD. She is a dressage rider. Used to be hunter, then jumper, now dressage but dabbles in eventing. She does low level stuff in jumping but really likes dressage. I had her do a lesson on Sophie with my trainer her first day here and boy was she in for a surprise! haha. She hasnt ridden Sophie before but they did a pretty good learning w/t lesson. Her seat is stronger than mine (she rides a draft) so Sophie really took her for a ride in the sitting trot until she was able to soften her seat up a bit. (I will try and remember to upload photos once my home computer internet starts working!). She learned a lot from Sophie though and has a new appreciation for how difficult and technical she is to ride. Im glad someone finally gets to see it. Non-dressage riders cant fully appreciate her because they dont know how to get her working properly. My friend did not enjoy jumping her though, which is opposite of what most say! Sophie was jumping very nicely, no bolting or anything, but she is a technical ride still and my friend said thats just too much working in a show jumping ring. Out on xc shes more enjoyable because you can let her stretch out a bit and not have to work so hard on keeping her together in a small ring. They did well together and I learned some things about Sophie from my friends different riding and she got to learn a good bit as well. Hopefully she takes it back home with her. Sophie has really been improving a lot since weve been doing haunches in at the trot and canter and counter canter work. She even did 2 flying lead changes! I never thought Id see that day haha. Shes such a different horse. My trainer couldnt be more pleased with her and neither could I. I cant wait to get So I rode Sophie and have had some great jump rides on her. One day (after several days off from being ridden every day for a week) I rode her out in the xc field and she jumped so softly and the whole ride I only felt the weight of the reins or her nose, not her whole body. I kept jumping ahead because she was jumping so calmly and in a beautiful, dare I say, hunter rhythm. I couldnt figure it out haha, it was so different than usual. It was so nice having a light and easy ride on her though, very rejuvenating. I then took her to a show a few days after that soft ride and did just 2'6 jumpers. I was going to bump her up to the 2'9-3' class if she did that class well but she was too tired after standing around at the show for 5 hours in the heat before showing. You know those h/j shows....hurry up and wait! She did the first round so beautifully and placed 2nd after the jump off. She was lifted and listened to all my spots and was taking me to the fences but was controllable. Not soft, but I wasnt fighting either. The second round I could tell she was very tired and whenever I asked her to really lift in her canter she just broke to the trot. It was the optimum time class though so that probably helped us actually since she goes so fast and covers so much ground. We got 4th in that class but actually ended up being Champion for the division! Quite impressed. My first champion ribbon EVER. I have had tons and tons of blues but those shows never offered champion and reserve ribbons until I started showing greenies and a good day was simply getting over every fence haha. Ive been reserve numerous times but now I have a pretty blue Champion ribbon. Sophie did wonderful roll backs and schooled over 3'9 with ease during my vacation. I think shes ready to move up to low jumpers, so next show will be 2'9-3' and I think, after a xc schooling or two, we will be back to BN and hopefully move up to N by the end of this year. Shes coming along great but I still want to take it slow. Leo. Oh Leo. First day of vacation he cuts his leg up on the fence. He is so accident prone!!! So we did trailer training. Both legs up on the ramp, head and shoulders in the trailer, but he would not put his back legs up. We worked to that point for a few days and then I finally decided that he just needed to be pushed more. I got out my lasso at the end of the week and wrapped it around his rump. I would put pressure on the lead, if he didnt step forward, I put pressure on the lasso. He was a little nervous at first, not that I was pushing for more from him, but by the end of the session he had all four feet on the ramp and was very comfortable hanging out there. I did get to spend several days riding him. Its like starting over as far as him not knowing what the cues mean. Go has always been a lazy button for him haha but I am using my seat more effectively and he is getting more responsive to the leg. He turns off of leg well so maybe lateral movements will come easily when we get there. He started to finally loosen up and step out at the trot under saddle instead of his little jog that he does. We cantered once at the end of the week. He cantered last year twice with me and was a little nervous but this time he was very calm but is unbalanced, of course. He didnt want to pick up the left lead for me and I pushed and pushed and he kept getting crossed. I finally got it but then he tossed his head and bucked. He came back quickly but I pulled his head around but he caught me just right I guess because my back has been sore ever since! We continued on, cantered some more, and he was very good! We then rode around in the barn yard, had a minor spook or two, but he was very good out there as well. Im quite pleased with both of them. Hopefully I will get photos up soon! So Ive been in training for my job for several weeks now and havent been able to ride much. It SUCKED. Ok, so training finished and I'm now back to a much nicer schedule. HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!! I got to ride Sophie on Tues, Wed, and did a lesson on Thurs. I was expecting her to be out of shape and stiff but she really impressed and surprised me this week. All three days she was supple and working so well through herself. I was just amazed by her. Thats why I decided to do a lesson on Thursday even though both of us had been out or work a bit. Well, boy am I glad I did! We started out with spiral trot circles and shoulder in. Her shoulder in was more like a shoulder fore, which is totally my fault and inability, so after we worked on that a bit we went to canter work. Now, just the fact that Sophie started out being able to do these things is a massive improvement. So we did counter canter work, in the ring, so the tighter turns were difficult for her and counter canter work is very new for her anyways. She did a lead change, I DIDNT EVEN KNOW SHE COULD, and broke a few times but finally figured out what I was asking and did it beautifully. All of that really got her working up in herself and in a shortened (dare I say collected?!?!) canter. Then add in a few canter take offs from the walk and we were really cooking. Her canter work was so amazing! My trainer told me to do a small circle since she was working well and boy did I make it small. Sophie did a gorgeous, no faulting step at all, for a canter circle that was smaller than 8 meters!!!! I dont think you, as a reader, can fully comprehend how exceptional that is for SOPHIE to do! And it was so balanced and graceful. My trainers jaw dropped. We stopped the lesson there, no need to push for more because Sophie far exceeded what either of us even expected of her in future work, and she did it beautifully. My trainer told me that a year ago when we started lessons (and I only do less than 2 a month so we really havent had that many) that she never expected to see Sophie perform 2nd level, and higher, movements and most certainly didnt think it would happen after only a year. This mare is exceptional in so many ways and is just really exceeding the expectations of everyone who knows her. Where is her limit???? I dont know, I thought we had already pretty much hit it, but she keeps pushing forward. I wonder what this year will hold for us!
Going to go on a little rant here.
I pride myself in giving prompt contact when someone messages me regarding horses. Whether it be for selling horses, tack, boarding, or breeding. I ALWAYS give a reply within a day, typically within a couple hours. Is it too much to expect the same? I have messaged people about horses or tack for sale and will wait days for a reply. Maybe you were out of town or had something going on, thats understandable, I will give you a break for that. However, if YOU MESSAGE ME and I reply and then have to wait several days to hear back from you then there is something wrong. Again, something couldve came up, but you initiated the contact so you should be respectful enough to respond back even if it simply says "Hey, I have a lot going on ill contact you when things calm down". Simple, respectful, doesnt leave me hanging. Now, if you message me, I reply, and then you go over a MONTH without contacting me then you can expect me to not do business with you, no matter how good a deal it may be. Where has the respect gone? Do not message me about breeding to our stallion and set up a time to come because you just cant wait, and then have me send you our breeding contract through the mail so that you can go ahead and get it signed and then message back several days later saying your not going to breed this year. If you get the urge let it soak for a few days and play out your options to make sure your truly ready before you go setting things up. Its not fair to the other person involved because you, on impulse, decided you wanted to breed and then realized its not the best choice right now. Things change, I know, but again they dont go from "full steam ahead" to "theres no way I can do that now" in a day. And if it does, its a rare situation and since it happens numerous times its not a rare situation. I am more than willing to work with someone on selling tack, horses, or breeding. I truly am. Im not pushy, I give prompt replies, and work to meet your needs because in the end, if things go well, im getting money from you. Its the least I could do here. BUT, you need to do your part and deliver the same. Also, in selling tack, dont tell someone you want the item but need time to get the money together and then several weeks later tell them that if someone comes along wanting it then sell it. If you dont have the money then dont look, or if you have to and you find an item then you need to make a down payment of sorts for the seller holding the item. I believe I will be entering the world of the "weekend trail rider" for awhile. Are you kidding me?! I have training for my new position at work and its going to be 3 1/2 weeks of training until 5:30 each day. That leaves no time for riding! Of course its right when we start showing. UGH! Why couldn't I have been promoted in the winter?!?!?! wwwaaahhhhhh. Im so not looking forward to this.
I did a show today, my first time ever at Penmerryl Farm, now home of GC Equestrian. I would highly suggest it! The facility was lovely with a very welcoming feel, and the staff was fantastic! It was well run and friendly. I only did Dressage and Show jumping. Sophie is figuring out this whole jumping while rounding instead of just launching, so I wanted to take it easy for our first show to see where we are. We havent shown for almost a year! My goal for this show was to beat previous dressage scores (my lowest was in the 31's) and to stick to my guns and make her take a good spot no matter what. Often times I see its going to be rough so then I let her do the long spot and I need to retrain us both on that.
I bumped her down a level to the 2'3-2'6 jumping. We did the 2014 BN test A. I of course studied the 2010 version of the test, I felt SO STUPID not realizing it had changed! I had my trainer read the test while I rode since I didnt realize it until right before going into the ring. I got rider points deducted for that. Dressage went well though. She had a beautiful warm-up, which was complimented by the jumping judge (yea!!), and she suppled up quickly. We started rushing half way through the test and she wasnt as soft as she can be and bulged through some of the circles. She got mainly 7's and 8's until three 6's towards the end. Much improved. Final score, after rider deductions, was a 26.8! Thats awesome! I was so proud of her. I often think the judges are lienent and that we dont deserve the score we get. Im quite harsh on us honestly. I looked at the scores for every person that showed that day, through all the levels, and only 6 others placed below 30 and only 3 had a lower score than Sophie. I am SO happy with her, I truly am! Show jumping. I stuck to my guns and made her take the "tight" spot (aka, normal spot but tight for Sophie) to every single fence. She listened well even though it was a bit of a fight at times. Usually she would just plow ahead but this time she obliged my wishes even if I did have to work hard at it. We even did the optional skinny, which was a true skinny at only 4' wide, and only had one actually ugly jump. We did knock a rail, the first in the last line and she was ugly jumping the last fence out of the line. I checked her a little too much and didnt lift her enough with my legs so she got flat and knocked it in the back. Despite that it was a wonderful and well improved round. All in all, great day and im proud of our first outing! I accomplished everything I set out to accomplish and still ended with one of the higher scores of the day. We were the only one doing the CT so we were a given at first, but Im still very proud of the results. We won a cute little coffee mug. Which, by the way, is a wonderuf So I have a show tomorrow, so I really wanted to make sure I got out to the farm to run through my dressage test once. I hadnt actually done it on Sophie yet. My husband had to work his companies booth at the home show this weekend so I had my little boy, Preston (hes 1 1/2 yrs old), with me. First off, my husband was having a fit about Preston coming out haha. Hes so worried he will get hurt! Plus, how dare I lock him up like an "animal" in one of the small paddocks (the size of three large stalls) while I ride outside of it! Well let me tell you, that boy LOVED it! He played in the dirt, through gravels, stuck some in his mouth then promptly spit them back out, swept the dirt, and watched me ride. He didn't cry once for me to get him. He loves the horses and gets very excited to see them, well any animal really, but has never really enjoyed riding them. I guess watching me ride boosted his confidence. I tossed him up on Sophie, took some photos, then walked him around. He loved it! He kept telling me "no" when I tried to take him off of her. He rode for about 10 minutes and then helped me groom and bathe her. She is such a gem, she stood perfectly still while he sprayed her down. Usually with me shes moseying around grazing while I hose her off, but she didnt eat a thing while he did. Shes so good when little kids are around. That is priceless in a horse! She even gently took treats from him, something that does not happen when the treats are in my hand!
Preston also gave treats to Stormy. I gave him a long carrot and he held it while Stormy very delicately bit pieces off of it. He is the gentlest thing when it comes to taking treats. Stormy would take a bite, then Preston would take a bite (dont tell my husband haha). After the carrot was gone Preston felt that Stormy needed a drink and kept offering him his sippy cup. lm So the weather has finally lightened up and riding has been going full force. I had a lesson the other day on Sophie, first in awhile, and boy does my trainer kick our asses! I wanted to do some jumping with her since I had ridden Sophie over jumps the day before and she was a bolting maniac. I was quite upset because she had been improving. The trainer did a tough warm up before jumping. If I can call it a "warm-up". We did haunches in, for the first time, in the trot and canter on spiraling circles no larger than 20m. You have to ride Sophie in order to fully respect the effort that move took! She of course spent quite some time trying to avoid doing it of course, and really plows through the aids tracking right, but we did it and we survived. Sophie seemed to click on GET OFF MY INSIDE HAND during all of this too.
Jumping was next and we had quite a few wonderful moments. I was really working on my "dressage canter" up to the fence and Sophie was responding well. Guess that "warm-up" got her well prepared. She had some long spots, as she prefers, but honestly none of them were sloppy. I would be perfectly content if she had any of those jumps during a course. I was dying during the lesson, and so was Sophie. I really need to make a point to get back to the gym and now that the weather is better I can get Sophie back in shape too. I started riding Sophie in spurs after the lesson. Shes been in them 4 rides now. The first ride was a nightmare. It was a good wet saddle-pad ride. She is so tense and rushing when I wear them, so I dont, but she isnt respecting my leg enough for lateral work. The second ride was better and she actually did haunches in for me that time. Ive been trying it on the circle on my own but I cant feel it as well as I can on a straight line. On a line she can only hold it a few steps but I am ok with that, we can build from there. I need to pick up lessons again, I feel like were hitting a wall right now. This new lateral work is new to me as well and since im teaching it to Sophie I really need someone on the ground telling me when we get it until I pick up the feel enough. I jumped Sophie yesterday and boy was it rough. We had some good moments, but overall it was touching on the sloppy side. She was racing and just SO. FRIGGIN. HEAVY. on my hands. I rode her in the training bit, which I use for jumping, but havent used in some time. Believe it or not, but my "scary, harsh, how dare you use that on a horse, contraption of a bit" actually has less bite than my french link! It helped back when she was stiff and locked onto the bit, it helped soften her poll, but now I guess shes soft and just locks onto it, pulling down. Im hoping that was the cause of most of our issues. Ill be riding her tomorrow morning, hopefully jumping will go better. Im hoping that we can just do like 5 jumps nicely and call it quits. Oh please please please. Leo. Oh Leo. I am starting him back and had plans of riding him but the wind this week has just been ridiculous. He has been quite frisky on the line, so its a good choice I didnt choose to ride him anyways. We decided to work on trailer loading again. I put Sophie on figuring it would help him feel more comfortable. I taught Sophie to self load so I did that and by the time I made it around to tie her she had turned her head around to see Leo and got stuck! Thank goodness she is a calm horse and only panicked slightly. She was leaning so hard onto the middle divider that she was only on two legs. She had a one track mind of spinning around though so even shaking a grain bucket by her shoulder didnt get her to attempt to turn her head back straight. She let me push on her shoulder though and square up on her legs, which allowed me to then yank her head around. Scraped her eye, ripped out some lashes, and spooked Leo. Are the forces against me teaching him to load?!?!?! I did have a good session with him, which ended with him walking right up to the trailer, legs touching it, an attempt or two to pick a leg up without me asking. We ate lots of grain with our whole head and neck in the trailer! We had a few moments where I pulled forward and he backed up, but after a couple steps he stopped and politely walked back forward. I dont mind him taking an extra moment to think as long as he comes back forward. He really is a sweet horse. I cant wait to get him going under saddle again. Sophie and I have our first show this Sunday. Im going to Pennmeryl Farm in Greenville and doing a CT. I decided to drop Sophie down to the advanced green, which for them is 2'3-2'6 for them. I didnt do the xc because of how she has been faultering jumping and didnt want to do that height with solid fences in case we got in rough. Of course after signing up they send out the info about xc height, which is only 2' for that level. Now I wish I had done them all. Hoping to have a good schooling round around the course to determine where we are for show season. I want low height so that way when im fighting to the fence (because im sure I will be to most!) I can count on her to get over it easily. Gymnastics are in her near future now that the weather and footing are cooperating. We will get the jumping caught up with the dressage work. Funny, used to be the opposite. Sophie has always been a good jumping, but she doesnt use her back when doing it, she just flys over it. Thats fine for low stuff, but to move up she needs to round and propel and now that the dressage work is building her back we are in a position to round properly. She goes up to the jump beautifully, just cant figure out how to jump rounded yet haha. She is improving though, and I expect our next show will be back up to the 2'6-2'9 level. Hoping to make the move to Novice soon. We need some xc practice though. Thats my goal this year, get out and test her schooling. Weve only gone xc (including schooling and shows) between 10 and 15 times. I sometimes forget exactly how new to it we are! Want constant photo updates of Sophie and Leo?? Follow me on instagram at meaganrm3 for photos of them and some others, but mainly them haha. I finally got to ride today, since my hand is feeling better (damn Leo).
Oh, sidetrack, Leo update: Vet was out Thursday for Spring shots etc. Leo has no injuries, other than scrapes, from his tantrum with the trailer. The vet was also trying to get some sort of reaction out of him, Leo offered nothing. Either he likes the vet or he learned his lesson. It was nice seeing him THINK again instead of just reacting. Ok, riding. Rode Sophie and I was trying so hard to work on some things with myself. I have read a few places about riding one handed to help yourself get off of that inside rein. I tried that method, along with putting slack in the inside rein but making sure to keep it even with my outside hand. Sophie wasnt bent perfectly around the turns and circles, but she was responding. She never really kept pressure in the outside rein though. I thought maybe I was failing at this method. I then picked up both reins and continued on and Sophie was the softest she had ever been! I only felt the weight of my reins. Now, Sophie will plod along on a loose rein all day long, but she juts her nose out and looks like a hound dog. This time she stayed rounded, nose vertical, and still lifted through herself. The moment she started to lean a rein would get very heavy and I could put my leg on and shift her back. It was a wonderful breakthrough. My shoulders appreciate it. I rode her the same the next day, on a loose rein, and she carried herself. She was a bit squirly, spooking at things and acting up (it was snowing and the horses were being fed in the barn and all so....) so she was a little *frustrating* when we started out. She started working well though and really lengthened herself out while staying connected. We had a few discussions tracking left since she forgot how to turn off of my leg and body but we worked through it. She kept offering side passes instead of circling haha. I even let her canter on a looser rein. She was lifted and fabulous for some of it, then got on her forehand and tried to plow ahead for some of it. Since she lacks muscle right now I didnt blame her. Improvement either way. I worked on finessing her whoaing skills to my seat. That had some frustrating moments as well, but she figured it out. The second day was a good little quite hack just for stamina purposes and a little bit of focus. Im trying to have better set plans for my riding. I always know what to work on, but I spend too much time working her on contact for Dressage and not enough easy hacks or jumping. Im incorporating those now. So far, so good. If weather cooperates we will jump soon! I just want to start by saying; I could KILL Leo, but im thankful he isnt injured.
Ok. So, its been awhile here hasnt it! Quick background, when im actually able to ride things have been going well. Leo and Sophie have been up at the barn for the winter which seems to be resulting in Sophie spooking when cars drive by during riding. Silly girl. Stormy is going to be vet checked for a purchase later this week (cross your fingers) and its to the perfect home. Please please please! Leo is back in work since he turned 4yo March 1st. Time to be a grownup! Only ground work for now, a refresher, before going back to saddle training. He has literally had off all winter. So, jump forward to Saturday the 8th. Leo was the only horse waiting by the gate so I decided to work him first. He hasnt been on a trailer since I bought him two years ago so I decided that would be the lesson for the day. <I shouldve just round penned him>. I let him sniff it a bit and then I walked all the way on and under the front bar so that way if he launched or something I would be out of the way. I had a friend tap on his hip while I put pressure on the lead. He walked on with front legs numerous times, got treats, and backed off. We did this about 10 times then he walked on all the way. Got lots of rubs and treats, then backed off. A few more times of front legs and one time all the way. Then Leo decided he was done. Just done, didnt care to do it anymore. At all. We put on pressure, and he stood there. Not moving. Braced against the rope. Then he started rearing (his new thing on how to avoid work). Like always I continued working him through the behavior. He reared multiple times and then did some more standing his ground, then got on the trailer. Only his front legs, two or three times with a LOT of encouragement. I shouldve stopped there. It crossed my mind, shouldve done it, but I didnt. He was not responding well at all to us asking him to go forward and I wanted some better responses. Like always. So what did he do??? He throws a BIG temper tantrum. Rearing and leaping all of the place. Well, that only got him into big trouble. He got his front legs hooked over top of the trailer door, panicked and started throwing himself which then caused his back legs to slip and fall underneath the door. So hes now sitting on his butt, back legs under the door, and hanging by his front legs that are crossed over each other and stuck on the hinge of the door. My first thought was to take a photo haha, still pissed at myself for not doing it. C'mon, it wouldve been an epic photo!!! (Everyone laughs at the photos of the horse with his head stuck in the tree, dont think im cruel, everyone wouldve laughed ok.) Well my friend was kind of panicking so I just went straight to getting Leo down. Brief pause so wonder what exactly I was going to do to get him out of that situation, then just figured Id start with the front feet. Surprisingly they were very easy to get off the door, had to risk standing between his back legs to get to them, but I got there and gave the top one a good shove then jumped back. It fell and was quickly followed by the other. Now the poor thing is flopped over on his back and thrashing around with his legs caught under the door. I moved the door back and forth to help him get out and he jumped up and limped off. Hes lucky he didnt break a leg! Gash on his face, cuts all over his legs, limping around and stiff, but seemed to be doing pretty good. I walked him for a little while and cold hosed him. Gave him some bute and put him away. Little stinker was holding a grudge and didnt want me touching him. About two hours later he welcomed me and let me spray his wounds and check him over. No heat or swelling. Guess we managed to elude any major tendon injury as well. The next day he was swollen, stiff but not limping, and was quite warm to the touch. Today (Monday) he is swollen but not warm. Still a little stiff but thats about it. Everything seems to be healing nicely and hes moving about fine. I think we both got lucky on this one! Hopefully he is like most horses that rear, flip, and then never do it again! Im sure loading will just go FABULOUSLY from now on.....Next time I try, the first episode he has, he is getting locked in the dry lot with his water on the trailer in mid-Summer. If he was afraid of the trailer I would work with that, no problem, but to blow up just because he doesnt want to play along anymore will |
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