Joe hates plastic more than any other horse I've had since Bridget (the first horse I trained), who was scared of plastic from abuse.  Even though Joe has never been abused he just simply hates plastic and tractor cats.  I sacked him out real good but he still won't settle as much as I'd like him to.  He will tolerate it now though. I'll get pictures up later.  He's that much closer to being parade trained.
 
The year 2008 11/10/2009
 
I had decided to do 4H with my horse, Bethany.  We did very well in our practices.  I also roped for my first time on Bethany.  That was fun.  I joke about it saying 'My horse knows how to rope better than I do.'  She'd follow the calves but I couldn't seem to get their heads in the loop.  Oh well, we had helpers on the ground to rope them and then us riders would drag them to the fire. 
  Two days before the show, Bethany came up lame in her hind foot,  I took Pixi instead.  Even though I knew I couldn't place (because I brought the wrong horse), I thought it would be a good chance to get Pixi out and fun for me.  This horse had never been hauled anywhere, never been in comotion, nor had I practiced any of the moves for the show on her and we ended up getting a red ribbon in showmanship and in the trail class anyway.  Pixi did great and two weeks later, Bethany was still lame and so I took Pixi in the Kooskia Days Parade.  We were placed behind the IDL truck and in front of the hot rods.  At first I didn't think she'd do it because she was nervious and I said to myself,'This parade is just not going to happen,' but when we got down town, Pixi suprised me by going to sleep (or almost) and she actually stood still for pictures.  I was excited about that.