Day 98 Missouri

Decided to try some new things out while we were in Missouri on our way back to Texas.  He seemed pretty cool about everything I threw at him so lets hope he has that same attitude next month in Forth Worth!

Day 92

Loping off.

Stops.

Pivots

Bows

Mark's dog Roy thinks Jesse makes a great couch!

Jesse is doing really well, we've been working hard on getting ready for Fort Worth. Today we worked on making everything look crisp and clean. I want everything to look good by the time the makeover rolls around.  Jesse's a very quick learner, I've been very impressed with him this summer.

Day 84

Seemed like Jesse need something new to do, so today I threw a saddle on him.  He was a little tight at first, which was expected considering this was only his second time with a saddle.  But he did great with it! He reminds me a little bit of Pilgrim with my saddle on him

Chewing on my saddle, just like Pilgrim did!

Day 83 and 17th Year!

By the title, one might think "thought Jesse was a yearling?" well yes he is.  But today was a little more than just another day in Jesse's training.  It's my 17th birthday and it sure felt like Jesse knew it.  He did such a fabulous job for me today.  It's like he knew that today was my birthday.

Started off working on a little finishing up on his walking and trotting beside me, he kept on trying to leave me so we worked on teaching him to stay right beside me.  He learned really quickly.  Then we moved on to directing his feet where I want them to go, we had him even go over some challenging obstacles in the process. After that I loped him around a while trying to develop and condition his muscles.  He's looking a lot better than last month.  Then we went onto the pedestool, he got right on there no problem! Afterwards I let him role around in the arena and gave him a little treat for being such a good boy!

You know it's a good birthday when you're spending it with these two!

For my birthday a nice girl by the name of Hannah made this amazing design of Jesse for me, I thought it was so awesome I couldn't NOT share it!

Day 70

Got an itch?

Day 68

Miranda and Finn

Caught Jesse snoozing in his stall, he snores like a steamboat!

Day 58 Two-timing In-hand Winner: Jesse James!!!

Jesse went to his second show today, he did great!  We went over a teeter-totter, a small jump, a scary tarp, backed up, and got onto a pedestool.  He did great, we even picked up another blue ribbon.  He's such a great little mustang, everywhere we go Jesse and I leave an impression on every person.  And I know that every one of those people wanted a mustang just like Jesse.  He's becoming quite a popular attraction at the Trail Rider Challenges.

Through the Tarp

Over the Teeter-Totter

Pedestool!

Day 57

So today I met my 2nd cousin, a third cousin and a couple of my 4th cousins that all live up here in Nebraska.  And a couple of them decided they wanted to meet Jesse.  So I took them out to meet him, put him on the pedestool and jumped a couple times for them. 

Ella with Jesse on the pedestool.

Jesse's extreme over-jumping, but still looks cool!

Ella helped me give Jesse a bathe.

Day 50

Day 49 Pedestool Success!!!

Jesse did AMAZING today! We accomplished so much.  First we working on our lunging, then we practice on our showmanship, did a little jumping and then tried out the pedestool for the third time.  Yesterday and today were both successful, we got all four feet on the pedestool. Although it was  challenging to get him up there today, with a little bit of practice we ended on a good note.

Jesse would be a great look-out.

All four feet on the pedestool!  Well he was pretty tall before got on the pedestool, now he's  really tall!

Picking up all four feet.

Everyone needs to stretch every once in a while!

I decided I wanted to be the taller one for a change.  (I'm standing on the pedestool.)

Mustang Lovin'

Day 48

Day 47 time for new obstacles!

Jesse's such a good boy!  Today we working on getting Jesse to lope a little smoother.  Next we worked on pivoting on his hind and fore-quarters and walking beside me.  Then we tried some new obstacles to test how much control I had over his feet.

Asking for Jesse to put a foot on the pedestool.

Both front feet!

Uphill

Balancing...sort-of.

Downhill