arena time

The day dawned a bit cold and miserable but as the hours ticked by the sun came out and the day improved. By lunch it was warm and very spring like. I went and picked up Hokey and Mosaic from up at my parents where they had been grazing for the week. The were a bit up on their toes as the dog insisted on carting the hugest branch through the paddock as we made our way back to the trailer. So leading two was a bit of a challenge.
 Once we arrived at the arena I took the time to give both dirty hairy beasts a good brush. Hokey has his summer coat coming through finally while Mosaic is still a fluff ball. By the time I was finished I'm sure I was also looking like a fluff ball. My friend Tash came to see what we were up to  ......so I not only got a helping hand but a photographer too
Hokey was fantastic .....but then was determined to try and get down and roll in the sand .....Mosaic is a bit more challenging.He tends to be stubborn, stubborn, stubborn then finally just does what is asked. You are left thinking  ' oh why couldn't you just do that to start with '
 I left them in a small paddock beside the arena for the night then I will go work them both again tomorrow afternoon.
I'm working on the theory of little bits often and making sure it all ends positively. When I trailer them now they self load which is awesome.I can now just stand at the bottom and send them up into the trailer and they simply go . It does make life easy.

Back home the spring weather has made my lawns grow so yep you guessed it ......I mowed lawns!!!