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three horse day!

Kaboose was high, grumpy and tight - we walked and trotted in tons of circles, and I gradually got her looser and lower and quieter. The goal was 3 really lovely walk-trot transitions, and three really lovely trot-walk transitions, which we hit nicely right at the very end

Penny was great, she had taken Bob in a jumping lesson on Sunday and he was SO pleased with her. Funny thing - the work we've been doing All Summer has paid off in a horse that is lighter and more responsive to the aids, and lots more fun to ride. She's growing up! I keep forgetting how young she really was last year, four then, five now, and really maturing well.

After staring at Bully for a week, the Canadians look really fat heavy duty solid built sturdy, and their legs are short, and they are SO FUZZY (eeeeeeee, cute and fuzzy)

Bully was turned out in his fleece, which is good. His owner came and checked him out, said he looked great (huge relief) and dropped off two winter blankets. One seems to be too small, although it is the one with his name embroidered on it, the other seems fine but probably needs another can of waterproofing. I added the rest of the can of waterproofing to his rain coat, and it looks like it should work better now. With luck, if I apply an entire can of waterproofing to his old Rambo it should work well and not need to be traded in.

Bully was full of himself, and scooting off in different directions hoping I wasn't paying attention. He settled down a little, and we had some very ncie walk-canter departs. Springy. Fun.

circus still to come. I think food should help me feel less wilty...