We went to the indoor again! Bonnie, the woman who owns it, offered to teach me to long-line the two of them. Andi, who is not getting shoes this winter, is SUPER footsore, but Matt says it will make his horrible feet better this spring. So, we're going with it. And Sher is brewing an abscess in that back left, so she is.. lame. Dead lame. Poor girly.

ANYWAY! We learned to Long-line! Both of them were fantastic. Sher tested and tested and tested, but Bonnie was patient and Sher picked it up as quickly as she does everything else. Comments of the day? "You've had your hands full with her, huh?" and "You know, this mare really likes you. I can see it. She gives you the benefit of the doubt, whereas she tried to trip me up. Smart girl.."

Andi was.. as I have come to expect Andi to be. Just.. quiet, sensitive, thoughtful. If he had a question, he didn't blow up, he just... backed off a bit and literally ASKED. You could see it- the ear tilting your way, the question in the line of his neck and back. He picked it up just as quickly, and by the end of it, was going in both directions at the walk. Nice job. "He's going to be wonderful when you get him going," was the opinion on him. And.. I agree.

I was feeling pretty anxious before getting him and up to now, but... I am beginning to think it might work out okay. Just maybe.