Parelli saddle fits Gypsy too!

Couple of weeks of 30+ temperatures, a week of camping and then post-holiday catch-up with work has kept me from spending any time with the horses. Today I finally got out with Gypsy.

I tried the new saddle on Gypsy just to see if it would fit and it does. I thought it would be too big, but with her broad QH chest, it fit quite well (photo). She's wearing her new hackamore as well. Looks pretty sharp with the nice clean white ropes, but that probably won't last long! :-)

Before we went riding though, I thought I'd try her in the trailer again too just to see if she'd be any better than the last time. She was about the same. She'd go in but she wouldn't stay. So we went in and out a few times, did some circle game transitions in between then I took her for a ride. We tried a new route this time: my brother-in-law next door cut some trails through his property recently (for his quad), so I took Gypsy through those (something a little scarier than usual). She did awesome. She did try to turn back a few times, but didn't object too much when I turned her back the way I wanted to go. She's such a great horse.

I only spent about an hour riding and an hour with the trailer total. When we finished riding, I got her in the trailer again. She'd stay in the trailer as long as I was in there with her. For a while again she'd just keep stepping in and then backing out immediately. This time I didn't give her any rest when she backed out, but asked her to step back in. Each time she stepped in, I'd leave her alone and give her lots of scratches and even a couple treats. If she stepped out, I'd let her, but then asked her to come right back in. The last one she stayed for several minutes while I scratched her neck and belly (which she loves). Trying to make being in the trailer a cool place to be! She did much better this time and seemed more relaxed standing in the trailer. However, she still hasn't been able to stand in there alone and I still haven't been able to close the divider.... Hopefully soon, since I'm planning on taking her out to either Fultonvale or Blackfoot to meet some other new Parelli friends this weekend!