The other week we went out after work and had a mounted shooting lesson with Booker. Our first one! So Booker didn't have too much issue with the gun firing. N rode Booker behind another horse while the instructor fired the gun. The first couple times the gun went off I don't think Booker even noticed. I sure did, you'll see in the video that I jumped and shook the camera several times. Note to self - bring a tripod. So we practiced riding while someone else shot and we practiced dry firing off Booker's back. When it came to be time to try and actually fire off his back, the sun had gone down and it was starting to get dark. The instructor fired a few more rounds and was going to hand off the gun but now that it was dark Booker could see the muzzle flare and decided that was not too great. So we stuck to the instructor firing for the night. He did settle down easily and it wasn't that big of a spook but better safe than sorry. So now our plan is to get some .22 blanks and practice shooting around him in the pasture or possibly the arena depending on how loud it is. Then we'll probably have more lessons and actually shoot from his back.
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