Noodle Play 2

So...noodle and ball play again today and I would say it was 75% better than the first time. This is good news, he isn't so stuck in the things bothering him that he can't get over it! Yeah!

Playing in the arena right now is good as outside the arena is just too slippery. I don't want him to be worried about his footing as well as the things I am exposing him to. So I starting in today with the noodle necklace and drag.

Sorry about the quality, it was with my phone, which is pretty poor. Oh well, you get the idea. Adding more each day! This was after about 10 minutes of trotting sideways and stopping and going and stopping, then he finally dropped his head and blew and accepted the fact that they weren't going away and that they weren't hurting him.

I let him rest a few minutes and then we got this nice walk. The stop could be improved, but he stops wonderful under saddle, so not too worried about that.

On to the ball. He got it today.He realized he could push this thing! Kick it too! The only thing he didn't like about the ball was when it rolled to him, especially on the right side. He even got ok with that.

I wasn't planning on riding, but I decided it would be fun to see if he would push the ball with me on. So I tied up reins on the halter and climbed on bareback! Comfy! Not sure he has been ridden bareback before, so i played friendly game with my dangling legs and he was fine, so I proceeded! He was great! He pushed the ball all around and we even got it back to it's resting corner! He was  little miffed at what the halter meant, but he got it. We trotted a bit and when I was done I was COVERED in hair!