Today was a great day. I tried to introduce the saddle pad to Odakota 2 days ago and he wanted nothing to do with it so I decided to just leave it in the pen with him and see what we were able to do today :) I was so excited. I was able to swing it from both sides and rub it up his neck and down his back side once it was on him. He also loves to be brushed. I can brush him all over his body under his belly and even on his legs now. I've been swinging the rope around his legs and behind him and over his head and he is fine with it. We still have issues though....like today Brindin came running out of the house with some bells on his pants and Odakota tried to take off but I had hold of his lead rope. He is very unsure of new things. I have been trying to make as much noise around him as possible to get him use to it all. Once he knows it's okay though he is just fine.
I hope to get him use to the hose this next week. I've been spraying him with it and he runs but does come back to me and I even put the sprinkler in with him the other day. I was way more wet by the time we were done though then he was but thats okay cause he at least tried to tolerate it.
I hope to have pictures of Makenzie and Odakota moving around the round pen by the end of the weekend so stop back by!
