A bit!

Ilove my snuggly bunny! She always just wants to hang out and cuddle. :) We had pre-breakfast snuggles this morning. Then after they munched on their hay a bit we headed to Rana's. She loaded right up, although Dan was on first. 

   

We got to Rana's and I turned her out first. She ran a bit at first but settled down after a bit. Yay! So then when it was her turn she was already pouring sweat. Poor girl! It was literally dripping down her legs. But she wasn't blowing. It was just that hot and sunny and humid. Ugh. I told Rana that the baby horse show required her to wear a bit and bridle. Ugh. So frustrating! She's 2! So, it was the next step anyways to add a bit to the lunging cavesson. We just maybe weren't quite planning on doing it just yet. But oh well. So we did. Rana liked the thinnest bit she had better than mine, although mine wasn't that much thicker. All of them were a bit too long for her mouth, but... we'll make do. So we hung it on the lung cavesson and stuck it in her mouth. She took it alright but can't figure out how to eat a cookie with it in. Hee hee. I know baby girl, I know. It's tricky! Too many things in that tiny mouth of yours!

 

We headed down to the arena and she was super. She was a good girl and worked quite nicely, despite chewing on that bit. But she eventually softened to it and even got a quiet mouth and left it alone a good chunk of the time! And she had her slow bouncy trot too! Not the racing trot. Rana even saw her trampoline back!!! Yay! And Rana commented on her neck too and how nice it was developing. YES!!! But yep, basically we worked on the same stuff we did with Dan. Putting in a half halt and getting her to bend properly! We quit pretty early as it was a lot for her brain with the bit and when we did quit, she had given me a lovely two circles with bouncy back and correct bend and quiet mouth. She got a rinse too and then we went home!

Now I've just got to fit the bridle to her head and we should be as prepared as we can be for the baby horse show next week!