Yes, gypsy vanner for sure, sooo beautiful!!
Okay, so let me tell you all about my evening ~
I went out to work with June after talking to my horse loving cousin about how nervous I get and she told me not to be nervous because "if she was gonna be a turd, you would know by now." And I was thinking about that, and June's always been an angel for me, why should it be any different in the pasture?
So, I caught her (didn't really catch her, she came to me) and tacked her up, and she stood still and didn't try to nip me this time which was nice, then I round penned her and she was very responsive to me and listened to everything I wanted her to do, so then I hopped on her in the round pen and flexed her and she flexed super nice, and I rode for a few minutes and she was being very good, and I'd also have to give her an A+ for her progress on neck reining in the round pen, then I went and opened the gate (from in the saddle, walked her up beside it and unlatched it and then backed up and had her push it open with her nose, she likes doing that) and then we rode down through the arena and past the little metal shed and all the cows and llama which she did without batting an eye, she stumbled once but regained her footing and didn't over react or anything, then we rode out into the big pasture (and this is the first time I've rode a horse around that pasture, I've ridden a couple horses down the fence row but never all around) and she was amazing, she went where I pointed her for the most part, there were a couple times I had to pull her head a little extra but she did good, and Penelope followed us around, there were a couple times she tried to stop and stand with Penelope while Penelope ate but I got her going again and then Penelope kept following. She did try to trot once but I slowed her down with no problem. Then I rode her back up to the barn, and rode her over to the fence where my grandpa was, we had a tiny struggle with that becuase she wanted to stand under her favorite tree with Penelope but after a couple minutes I got her to my grandpa, and then he got on her and just rode her in a small circle and walked her over a log, which was no big deal for her. Then I took her back up to the barn and untacked her, and she stood for me without having to tie her, then I brushed her and gave her a treat (I know you're not suppose to give them a treat after riding but I just couldn't help it) and theeen I took her into the round pen again and did some Liberty work, she walked her circles around me in both directions almost perfectly, and then I backed her across the entire round pen at liberty and I barely had to put any pressure on her, she was very in tune with what I wanted. Then she just followed me as I walked around the round pen and I took a super cute video of her, except I forget to click the record button so I didn't actually take one lol. And then I stood in the middle and she walked up to me and just put her head down and stood there very, very respectfully and we had the most intense bonding moment. We were both covered in sweat and my grandparents yelled out to me to come in for super, but it really pained me to put everything up and leave her when we were having such a strong bonding time. Today was by far the BEST day I've ever had with her, she was absolutely amazing. And my confidence is almost completely restored.
I'll upload some pictures from today later.
