Wow isn't it lovely to see that sun

What a glorious day today...I put the short lead onto Oscar today..He is such a dude- getting softer and softer now....This guy has the uncanny knack of making you wear your heart on your sleeve. He just oozes this soft look when he gets it all right. He's a dream to teach/learn now...backing up and coming forward much better,,,moves his rear end away with just a look..Is so much lighter on the leadrope now- leads in and out of the paddock...It'll be interesting to see how easy it is thursday when I change the short lead to a long one...He will put his nose on me and come up behind me now- in this lovely sunshine it's easy to see what he's doing behind me in his shadow. I've been really scrubbing with the pole so I think the brushing will be a big hit..might try that on thursday if it feels right...Gypsy and Sarg had a really good bath today- trimmed all the hairy bits and tail.MMMMmmmmmm you could see that they loved it and boy don't they look great....Louka has taken to bringing Oscar in for me when I call now- I'll try to get a photo of it..He puts his neck over Oscar and just pushes & guides him back into the yards....Louka had a really good brush down but we ran out of time to bath him, so he'll be next- hope it's fine again on Thursday.
Arani is going ahead in leaps and bounds too, but sometimes he'll try to challenge.  He really does still want someone else to be the Alpha- in the paddock he looks to Louka for that..Today when he challenged Lynn she had to make sure he was aware that he had to stay and stand when asked to and not come bouncing over the top of a human..Lynn is just so good with him- there's no fuss just teaching and learning.
He got that and then when he settled and stood quietly she waited for him to lick his lips and waited another little while to make sure he stayed quietly the she lead him back out to the paddock.  He lead really well. So good to see them progress like this.