Duff

[ruthy]

dont worry i usually give him altleast a 7-10 minute warmup/cooldown Thanks for the advice by the way, ill try the treats i dea

[Jules]

do you think Dana would know why he's sensitive around his tail? anyway, you guys looked really good together your a great pair!

[Emily C]

Duff has always been like that..he fell out of a trailer when he was younger. At least thats what I was always told.

When I took care of Duff man I was always very careful around his bum and tail. He's 25, so your not going to train him out of it now. Something major had to happen for him to be still making a big deal out of it.

[ruthy]

Yeah Im going to ask Dana about when I get the chance.
My ride today lasted all of about 5 minutes before he spooked at something and managed to make me fall off. I did manage to get back on him for a few minutes afterwards, with Bryanna leading him (he kept on spooking) before I just untacked him and turned him out. Im not sure why he spoooked, but I think it was a combination of the wind, sun glare and tractor noises :S. Oh well, according to Sue I know officially lease him siince ive fallen off haha

[ruthy]

So my ride today was way better then saturday's, especially since I used a saddle this time lol. We worked on some more transitions, only walk and trot and did some transitions between posting, sittting and twopoint in trot, and I am pleased to say that he did very nicely . Afterwards we went on a little cool out hack into his feild with connor