From Cody's rider:
"That boy just keeps getting better and better, I can’t help but brag to you about it all :>"
"So, yesterday was a good day for Cody. After work, I set up some ground poles in the round pen, groomed up Cody, and took him in there for some practice. He tends not to use the entire round pen anyway (likes to cut corners, and the un-impressive length of a carriage whip doesn’t help), so the poles were easy to avoid at first. It took some coaxing, some discouraging, and some urging, but after a few attempts, he was willingly going over them at the walk and trot, in both directions! He’s very smart, and figured out what he was being asked only after one or two growls from me :)"
"We then went out on the trail for a while, and again, only one sad whinny a few paces in, otherwise he made no protest. Walked the trails, cantered a bit, trotted some, and then creeked-it for a while. He walked right in! I think that tree that we squished by the first time has moved in further, so we couldn’t get past it, but we did head down the other way for a while and managed to get pretty deep in the water (like, my feet were dipped in!). Cody was a pro, though, and calmly navigated everything."
"Best of all: no prancing going back home. Fast walking, yes, but no prancing."
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