SADDLE AND MOUNTING
Today, I pretty much followed the same groundwork routine of the last lesson, only I saddled Simon this time. I would have started working him in the bridle, but he started out just a little to resistant in the face, and I didn't want to be pulling on his mouth. Consequently, I kept Simon in the halter and worked on lightening his responses. The cows were out in full force, but Simon wasn't concerned with them at all. He acted like he was raised with them and confidently walked right through the middle of them. The water crossings were not a problem either. There was no jumping or rushing, and he navigated all but two perfectly, and then we moved on. The other two he did well on. I just made him repeatly them to get it perfect. I asked him to do more circling and cantered him quite a bit, so he got a good workout. Most of the lesson, Simon was responding lightly and calmly to my cues. Just before I unsaddled him, I mounted and dismounted him briefly three times. Simon didn't seem to be bothered by it. Next lesson, I should be able to start working him in the bridle and transferring the basic cues to the snaffle bit.
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