Two Milestones for Jack

Been awhile since I've posted to this blog - been working on the Wild Horse Conservation blogsite.

Meanwhile, Jesskia's been faithfully working with Jack, trying to get him to lift his feet and walk gracefully over a ground pole without clipping and stumbling each hoof as he drags it over the pole. Honestly, we were thinking "maybe dressage is too high an aspiration for this guy...if we can just get him out on trail without him falling over his feet, that would be good!" As you can see, Jack has had an "Ah ha!" moment!! Here he is trotting over a cavaletti with barely a brush of his hoof! So, we're all really proud of Jack.

And...we decided it was time for him to try playing with a friend. Jack has always been turned out alone because when he was first brought here, he did not play nicely with the other geldings. But he and Max have often sniffed noses at the fence and since the both have full shoes, it would be a fair fight if there was to be one, so Max joined Jack in the turn-out. They got along very well, and in fact, the encounter was rather unspectacular!

Here they are, seeing eye-to-eye............