My favourite! He is going to be one very cool riding horse! He is relaxed, chilled out, pretty much non-spooky, and has just the right (?) amount of inquisitiveness about him! Although, like Camdin, he is a ratbag when he wants into the next paddock - we just barge through the fence, cos it only bites for a little minute if you run real fast!
He is currently enjoying playing "the catching game" with me, though not for long at a time, because he has to acknowledge I can play it well :-) Doesn't hurt to try I suppose! lol
This photo shows his typical look - "what ya doing?" "can I come too?" "Got anything to eat?"
He has progressed well with his wariness about his cover, and I can take it off without haltering him, though still put it on as a safety measure when his cover goes back on. He can move sideways still away from the cover as I lift it up high - just an area I have to work more with. He is really open to communicating through playing games, and he is a really fast learner. If I point at something his nose goes right to it (probably because he thinks it's food!!!) He will pop over a log on the ground, and is currently learning how to walk a figure 8 around 2 drums... almost there! Nothing dumb about this boy, and I constantly have to keep ahead of him to "stay on top" in the pecking order. He often challenges Bailey, who is the boss and oldest in the herd, which tells me also that I will need to keep watching my place! When he is in the right frame of mind though and not trying to challenge, he simply accepts new things with minimum of fuss, and manages to look really clever and proud when I tell him "good boy" - like it was his idea in the first place!!! LOL (well yes, secretly I DO want him to think that it was his idea - reverse psychology works!!!)
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