Panic

Clyde had some new visitors today. 

Emily and Keiran stopped by.  Emily liked Clyde but doesn't understand why I don't utilize her horse Pep any.  Pep is a great horse.  Maybe when Sadie and Allie get more skilled with Clyde we could try out Pep.  I will have to think on that more.  

Pay no attention to all of the poop.  I did clean it out, although I wish I had waited.  Allie asked to scoop poop when she came over a little later and there was no poop to scoop.  

Keiran approved of Clyde.  

When Sadie and Allie arrived, Allie had fallen asleep in the truck.  So Sadie had a long turn all to herself.  

She did some walking around but wanted to trot.  I put her on the lunge line and she was doing so well that I let her off the line to trot by herself.  She was very good at stopping Clyde whenever she got off balance.  

Allie woke up and was ready to ride with her red sparkle boots. 

Sadie entertained herself by raking the sand then writing things in it.  I have no idea how she thought of that.  

Meanwhile, because Clyde has been such an angel, I let Allie off the lead line to ride by herself.  Things were going great until Clyde spotted the hay in the corner.  He made two trips over to the hay.  I had to keep showing Allie how to run her had down the rein so she could pull him away.  The third time he ended up trotting about 12 steps to get to the hay.  As soon as he started to trot, Allie panicked. She let go of the saddle, dropped the reins, held her arms straight out and started screaming.  I yelled for her to hold on.  Instead of grabbing the saddle she leaned forward and grabbed Clyde's neck.  He stopped as soon as he got the the hay.  By some miracle, Allie had stayed on.  I got her to quickly stop crying when she realized she wasn't hurt and she kept riding, but back on the lead line for the duration.   Looks like I have some work to do on emergency stops.