Yeah Again!!!!

Hey, how is everybodies? I know I just wrote to you this morning, but once Cyd was done with my typing she came to see me. We were going to attempt a solo pony ride. We got me brushed and tacked and ready to go, which was very tiring...

Can we maybe nap first?

K, now I'm ready

Cyd brought a long stick with her called a dressage whip in case I was a bad bad pony again. We walked up my street to go to my trails and I behaved most of the way. I did a little bit of my stopping on the squirrelly trail before Cyd even got on me, but she poked me with the long stick. She nearly decided to just go to the end of the squirrelly trail and take me home again if I was acting up already. But then I started walking mostly pretty good, appropriately in my box even, so we continued. Cyd got on me and off we went. It was so pretty today.

There were a couple times I kinda maybe thought about stopping, but Cyd gave me a boomp boomp with her feet and if I didn't go right away she gave me a tap tap with the long stick. I waggled my ears in offense but hopped right to it. Mostly I was very forward going today, and Cyd mostly let me pick the pace. She told me that it was special that I got to do that cos normally it would be very bad. But my goal at pony riding is forward motion so if I want to do trotting I get to do trotting. Wheeee. Except the downhill, she made me walk then so my legs don't get hurt. We went down my bumpy trail, and I did really super good. We had a quite strong discussion about me going into the woods, but Cyd thinks that might be cos for it not really looking like a trail and before it did look like a trail. She did boomp boomp tap tap boomp tap tap and I did bounce bounce and then we were on our way again. She did get off to take me over the ditch, which I did in nearly record time, but got a bit stuck going down the stupid little hill so it balanced out pretty good.

I don't want to go down there...

If I shut my eyes she can't make me

 Once we got to the field we had a little rest cos for me doing so good, and it's my favourite place to snack.

We could see the ocean but it's not showing in our picture

Cyd got back on me and off we set again. I took my time going up the big hill cos for it being rocky and me being a bit tired today. I need to practice wearing my booties so my feet don't get owchie. I had some daisy snacks at the top, and we did selfies when I took breaks.

Cyd is such a poser

But s'ok, I am too

NomNomDaisies

We had some more discussions on the way home, and one quite active debate involving some taptapping and some bucking and some reversing and some name calling but we got over it, and another one further up about going over some water but not so bad cos Cyd was leading me before we got into a fight so it's okay. I did some dragon impressions on a bit of the trail I go on twice on every ride here, Cyd didn't believe me that there was something super scary. I didn't really act up, just put on my best dragon face and huffed and puffed. Of course, there were some rattly leaves and a breeze and I am an Arab after all so maybe there was nothing there really. Or maybe there was a bear and I heard or smelled it and it hid so Cyd couldn't see, we saw tons of poop and they are good hiders. But we continued on home, and even had a little canter. Cyd rode me all the way down the squirrelly trail, and even all the way down the road.

Not even a bit scared!

She didn't even get off me to open my gate, just pushed it open then rode me in a circle to push it closed again, but not all the way cos for it needing a special not-on-a-pony technique, just practice closed. She was so pleased with me and tried to take my picture but I kept yawning:

Worked.So.Hard....

I got rid of my saddle, got a little sponging cos for being sweaty under my saddle, and Cyd took me to my rolling pit, but I decided I didn't want to roll yet I was starving!

Wheeeee

I ran straight to the spot where Cyd gives me my mashes and stayed there, and whinnied at her everytime she came into view until I got my snacks. After eating I was pretty tired, I shouldn't work myself so hard next time maybe.

My GPS tells us how much time I was out total, and how much time I was moving. The last time we tried to pony ride when we got in a big fight and made Cyd sad I was out for 2h26m and moving for 1h44m and we did five miles and a little bit. Today I was out for 2h21m and was moving for 2h11m and went seven miles. Much better! I'm gonna go nap now!