#21

Hey all! I went out to play with Bella a couple days ago. The sun had finally decided to poke its glorious head out for the day and I took advantage of the beautiful weather. She always responds well to haltering even if I have to "go get" her. She's willing to stick her nose in it and she gets a little eager sometimes. I tied her to the fence and gave her a good brushing while she ate a little grain. She loves to smell the brushes each time I use a new one and she finds it interesting to watch me as I groom her. I took some pictures of her and I will post them on the page here. I absolutely love this horse!!! I don't remember if I said or not, but I believe her horsenality is an unconfident RBI and when she gets confident, she's a LBE. She's getting to be on the left side of her brain more and more and she's really fun to play with. I did lots of friendly game with her, allowing to know that the carrot stick isn't going to hurt her and she doesn't have to move her feet every time I pick it up. She was doing pretty good with it so after rubbing her with it, I tossed the string over her back. She was so brilliant and calmed down quickly after each new thing I tried. Next time I'm going to do some porcupine. Anyways, Bella needed some excersize so I took her out on the 12 foot line and we went for a nice late winter walk. We found an open space where Bella got a little excited and didn't see my little sister, Anna, coming up a ways behind us. Bella spooked a little but that got her really excited and wanting to play. I let her play a little of the circling game and boy did she have fun! She started the circle at a nice walk, but soon she wanted to play. She started kicking and bucking all over the place. I made her stop and back up using the yo-yo game only when she got a little too close to me. I think she kind of looks at me like her momma; she wants me to play with her. I told my little sister to stay at a safe distance while Bella played and she watched from the sidelines completely awed that I wasn't scared of this big 3 year old mare. I had to explain that Bella was just playing before Anna could watch us comfortably. It was so much fun playing with Bella and I am so excited to get out there to do it again! Right now the ice is pretty thick over the ground, it's snowing again and the temperature doesn't get much above 30 degrees farenheit (sp?). I hope everyone is enjoying their horses as much as I am!!!! Wishing you all the best!!!