Scarpa the dog

We have been training the last week but I normally don't see the point of blogging about day to day business unless I have some pictures or something interesting happens. Today, I did not have a camera but we did have an unusal guest for our ride - Scarpa the wolf. He's male husky, about a year old, and not too used to horses so at first he went flying around barking in a state I'd call a mix of fear and playfulness. Like: 'move, horse, move!' and 'oh bugger' when Juniblest turned his head to look at this furry thing jumping around.

Juniblest did jump slightly the first time Scarpa barked but after that he just ignored him. Took Scarpa about 20 minutes to get used to Juniblest in the stables and within 45 minutes of hacking the three of us could canter comfortably side by side =) There were three times where Scarpa suddenly found Juniblest scary again and started charging around, but thankfully I have a very sensible pony who stood still when I asked him to so Scarpa could get himself together and find his safe spot by Juniblest's side.

Juniblest is very good with dogs! He genuinly likes them and shows this by cuddling them when he can and being extremely patient when they're scared. It didn't take long until I knew Scarpa felt safe enough to be let off the lead - I didn't want to do it before I knew he wouldn't try to run away from Juniblest - and he went zooming back and forth for about two hours.

Riding with a dog gave it another dimention and all of us had a great time! Juniblest got hot and needs another clip (he needs one every month in the winter!...) but I'll do that tomorrow - I'll make sure to get some pictures =)

Also, next time Scarpa comes out with us I'll take the camera!