Today was Abby's first real working session. She did well. She's stubborn but still sensitive - odd, I know. She's been allowed to take control of round-penning sessions in the past - she will randomly slam on the brakes, stop, and face me without being asked. She's terrible at picking up her feet and has been asked to yield her hindquarters way too many times (ever worked with a horse who moved their butt away from you every single time you walked past their withers? Yeah...) She also likes to do the leading, instead of allowing herself to be led, and doesn't like to be caught. But, it's all good. That's easy stuff.
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| She has muscle atrophy along her topline. I'm not sure if this is from being completely out of shape, due to a poorly-fitting saddle in the past, or just a side-effect of her being starved before rescue. |
She's small (seems to get smaller every time I see her, actually), out-of-shape, and has no topline...all of which makes me nervous to ride her for any amount of time, even if that is the whole reason she is here. But I only have a month with her so our first ride will be tomorrow, assuming any of my bridles can be taken up enough to fit her. Today we worked on ground-manners: standing still for grooming, tacking, and mounting and giving to pressure (dropping head, turning head with nose pressure, backing up, picking up feet).
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| So little and cute - her name should be Button. |
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