Blossom Under Saddle

Great News, I put a saddle on Blossom today and had her walk and trot with it on.

I wish I could say that it was a real rodeo and just the most thrilling thing to watch. It was so uneventfull that I swear I saw her yawn. That's good actually that she started so perfectly, I'm sure the first ride taken on her will go smoothly for her future owners. Really the only thing that I 'm concerned about with her behavior is that she hates bugs. I mean really hates bugs! If you want to see a rodeo, watch her reaction to a bee or horse fly. She looses it! She gets very angry at the bug and does not pay attention to anything else. What am I going to do you ask? I'm not sure, this is the first time ever I have seen a horse react like this to a bug. Will she grow out of it? Maybe. I don't ever want to be on her when a bug lands on the wrong spot though. Her little display of not liking bugs has not happened when I was handling her but she has left two other people quite concerned about bugs. I will call or email a few other trainers to see if they have any suggestions. There is a product you can feed your horse that discourages bugs from landing on your horse, but I try to do all natural. The ferrier is coming back tomorrow, I will let you guys know how that goes. The quality of my pics and video are very amatuer I know, but it is not easy training the horse and being the one to take pictures. As a matter of fact most trainers would think I was nuts to video and train at the same time. Well, I must be nuts! Oh, look at her fancy USA freezemark.