This week didn't go quite as planned. On Monday, we meant to have our trainer, Mrs. Jill, watch Flair go for the first time. We each had a lesson on Rio and Ruby, so we saddled Flair and had someone hold him. Turned out not to be such a great idea. For the first 30 minutes or so, he was mostly patient and a good boy. After that, he just couldn't stand still. He was bored and (worse!) the barn staff was bringing feed down the hallways. Flair was overcome with the unfairness of it all (saddled for 30+ minutes with no rider AND food so near yet so far) and he just couldn't stand still.
Immediately after our lesson, just as we were finally ready to hop on Flair and Mrs. Jill watch him go, we found out that she had another lesson at another location. Since Mrs. Jill had to leave, Flair had stood saddled and unfed for all that time for nothing. Poor guy. He tried so hard to be good.
On Thursday, we finally had a chance to ride him again and he was such a good boy. We are not asking him to canter much. We're focusing on trotting and staying on the bit.
Saturday, we're hoping to ride Flair for Mrs. Jill. Let's hope it goes better Saturday than it did Monday.
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