Cross country jumps 101....

Today we spent some time out in the cross country field working on all of our ground exercises that are based on giving to pressure. He did very well working in different areas of the field with varios distractions (such as jumps, neighbor horses and yummy, not ever been tasted grass).

After great success with our exercises, we took a walk around the field to take a close look at some of the big scary looking jumps. While he did give his classic arched neck and snort response at the rock pile telephone pole jump, he still walked up to it to get a better look (as opposed to running away from it!) He thought the bank was super convenient as a table for grass nibbling but then I showed him how he could step up and down and he thought that was pretty cool too. (though stopping to eat grass on a "table" was way more fun!)