Short reining!

I was walking Harry the other day and on the way back wanted to see what he'd be like with me behind him, but only had two lead ropes instead of two long lines, so attached them to harrys headcollar, my friend walked by his head just incase she was needed (she wasn't) and he was great! got the hang of it straight away! so winter project is to long line him lots, and maaaaaaaaybe sit on him? I wouldn't have thought of it so soon but he's grown so well, looks like a fully grown hoss already! And saw some pics of my other cob I share when she was broken in at the same age, and she looks nowhere near ready for riding but has turned out fine, whereas Harry looks ready for work! So, I'll see what my instincts say :)

Vets love Harry!

Yesterday Harry looked like he had grown a ball back, so got the vet out - it wasn't hot and he didn't mind me feeling it so I wasn't too worried, just wanted to be sure. And vet thought as it didn't seem like an infection it might be intestine! She said she would bring a scanner back tomorrow (today) to see what was going on in there. She also thought he was amazing cos he didn't mind her feeling around between his legs.

So today she was back with another vet and they both thought he was lovely as he didn't mind them fiddling around down there (I'm not one to brag, but my pony really is a gentleman :) hehe) Anyway it's not intestine just fluid so he's on antibiotics to clear it up, but he's definitely got the approval of 3 vets now. So nice after my last pony who wasn't terrible, but wasn't exactly good for vets/blacksmith/anything much. Makes me appreciate all the little things Harrys so good for :)