Wednesday (Water) Walks

Butterball and I went back to Dinner pond two weeks ago. We started with some fitness work: 

And then moved on to the best part, the splish splashing. I had my phone in my pocket in a ziploc bag and every time the bag crinkled he thought he was getting a cookie. 

Starting the fitness work

Close to the end, we made a nice little loop (ft the lime rock showing through that probably bruised his feet)

This was a not fully thought out trip so I didn't have his normal rope hackamore in the trailer, but we made do with Goggle's rope halter and long line, creatively placed. And just went bareback without the pad this time

Pretty view of the water between his ears

Took such a long drink after the conditioning work, happy pony

We shared dinner pond with some vultures. Who were probably there for their dinner - someone had left a mostly stripped clean deer carcass. Charming. 

Selfies on horse back are hard 

The happiest butters

Trying to get him out of the lake was like trying to get a kid to leave the playground. I let him wander and swim for about 30 minutes then needed to get on with my day. I'd point him at the edge and he'd make it almost there before U-turning back towards the deeper spots. I'm so happy I've found something he loves this much. He does so much for me, it's nice to be able to do something that I absolutely know brings him happiness. 

Few random pics from a click-and-treat exploratory hand walk around some spookier stuff in Ms. GY's front yard where he was enjoying day after show grazing privileges. 

This wasn't scary, he was munching on hay scraps 

This was a little scary

But we touched the things and got cookies

Does he not have the absolute cutest face?? 

Touch this

Touch that

Touch that... I ran out of cookies at the tarp. He touched this and then stared at me wondering why the cookie button broke. 

HIS DAPPLES 

Finding his own snacks because I ran out