Lions and Tigers and......Iguana's????

We only have 12 days before our first competition for 2015!  I'm getting excited and nervous at the same time.  I found an arena less than 10 miles away to use from time to time which has been a huge help in getting the horses legged up and prepared.

Yesterday the boys and I made a trip to Goodwill and found a few new "obstacles".  I know this is turning into a bit of an obsession when the boys are now finding things to scare the horses for me. 

Meet Spike!

And mini Spike!

When we got the arena we set up a few obstacles to work on.  There were some cones to trot through, a bridge, the barrels w/the tarp and mini Spike and then Spike (as a drag).  As you can see Cat was deathly afraid of Spike.

I feel like Cat is really coming along.  She has been side passing over objects (starting to the side vs straddling) and is getting more and more comfortable with it.  She even side passed over Spike.  She is also doing much better at picking up her right lead (this has always been her bad lead) and she's really starting to rock back onto her hocks and use her hind end.  I'm so excited to see the changes she's going to make this year - that WE are going to make!