Pressed for time tonight, I arrived at the farm to find that indeed as planned, Sarah had received her new shoes! So, to give her time to adjust to them, we did a short showmanship practice. This thrilled her to no end; it was as if she was thinking, "I finally got through to you humans!" As mentioned before, showmanship involves showing the horse in-hand, and precision and accuracy is the goal. We ran through squaring up, pivoting, walking, trotting, stopping and backing. Sarah enjoys squaring up, I think she equates it with adoration!
A clean sheet and new bedding completed her evening. Oh, and of course, cubes and a peppermint. I could have sworn that I saw her smile...
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