I am tired tired tired. was busy today.

First thing, I clipped Missy. She hadn’t been body clipped in a long time and is sensitive about some parts, so I was cautious about how she was gonna be. I planned on doing this over a series of days, doing what I can each day. Anyway, she was completely, awesomely behaved. She mostly stood around while I made her naked. :-) In the pictures, you can see the clipper marks some, but those will fade after a couple of days of hair growth. I think she looks pretty good for me having only clipped one horse before. I didn’t finish all her face and all her legs - I need to borrow smaller, better clippers for those areas. But I am so pleased with how she looks - and I’m excited to see how she will look all braided up.

That’s the neat thing about horses - they are constantly surprising you. I know that Missy trusts me and tolerates me but it did re-enforce my feelings on that for me to clip her with no trouble.

A huge thanks to Rachel Cervone for helping me with the clipping. She held Miss’s head during parts and fed her treats.

I hacked Missy out - we worked on transitions again. We only have one transition problem - canter to trot. It’s not a “problem” - it’s just that it’s ugly. I’m trying to transition nicely from the canter to a collected trot.

I’m staying flat ALL week. I did jump 2 tiny, itty bitty jumps today - I just had to. :-) Peer pressure.

Eric took a ton of pics. There is a gallery folder but here are the shots I really liked.

I couldn’t resist popping over the crossrail. I like this pic cause I like the effort she is giving over a cross rail. She’s so cute.

Alright. All for tonight. Have a good week guys.