A lil change

Yesterday I worked Tecate in a surcingle and side reins. Prior to me doing this I had Bentley out. I decided to take the equipment over to the round pen. Why not let him get use to seeing these things right?

I set the equipment on the rails and proceeded to roll up the polo wraps. While doing this Bentley came over and started to inspect the gear. I flapped it around a bit. Banged the D rings from the surcingle on the pipe. He didn't spook. He was more curious than anything.

DO YOU SEE THE CHUNK OF MANE HE RUBBED OUT?! UGH!

At this point I get curious and decide to see how willing he is. I got into the pen and took the blanket down. He moved his head back but didn't really back way. So I gave his neck a good scratch and kept the blanket there. I then started to rub his chest with the blanket and moved up to his neck and along his sides. This boy loves nothing more than a good scratching. So he stopped worrying about the blanket. I casually set it on his back. Nothing. He just stood there. So I took it off opened it up and put it on his back like I would Tecate. Not even a head raise. So I took some more pictures.

Needless to say I got a big kick out of it. He followed me around while I tried to get pictures of him. It was rather hard to get far enough away and not fall on my butt to get a pic. I adjusted it a few times and got nothing from him. I didn't want to get too greedy so I went ahead and took it off. Put him up and worked Tecate.

I love this lil guy. :D

On a side note. I hope to god he looks better after he sheds his winter coat. He looks like a lil pop belly pig. Haha. Plus that chunk of mane missing doesn't help either.