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I have a show this coming weekend. I WILL be driving him!!!! Yes, I am! I have been driving him for a full week before the show and there have been NO issues. We have been practicing lots of circles. Something that we could not practice before the wreck without him getting very upset. He has gotten so much stronger over the summer. Paul has done a wonderful job of working with Little Dude and issues. I have a good feeling about the upcoming show.

The show is at Port Mayaka in Okeechobee, FL. We are going with several people and horses. Paul is taking Buddy. He has been doing really well over the last couple weeks. and I think that he will do really well. I think he has gotten over his people fear.

Miss Anna and Bunny are competing at the Preliminary Level for the first time. They have been training really well over the summer and I think that they are also doing to do great.

Jan and Jack are also going to be competing. He should strut his stuff over the course of the show. They should have some fun.
 
Afterwards, Paul and Little Dude are going to be driving at the holiday horse fest in west palm beach on December 11, 2011. There is going to be a lot of people at this show and suspect that Little Dude is going to be in heaven. they are supposed to be over 5000 people. I’ll keep you informed about the shows on twitter, Google+, and Facebook.

Well, summer is coming to a close and the show season is about to start back up for the 2012 season. LD and I are still driving with each other and there has been no incidents with me or him to date. Paul has been doing a wonderful job in training LD. LD in turn has been learning patience with me.

As far as show go, Paul will be driving him in the hazards at the Wellington Fall Classic this weekend. I will be driving Bunny in Cones. Paul & Buddy are doing the pleasure classes + the cones.

On the Buddy front….. hopefully he has learned his lessons over the summer and he will behave. He is only 6 and he needed to learn the same lessons that LD had to learn a year ago.

I will keep everyone updated on the show via twitter.

So, I think I might of found a new job with driving. I haven’t had the nerve to drive Little dude alone since we wrecked. Paul did put me in the cart once, but I was very nervous and LD got nervous too. I don’t think I will be driving him anytime soon.

Well, as for the job. I am going to give navigating a try. “gatoring” is the person who is on the back of the marathon carriage. Paul has been driving another pony named “buddy” & he has a marathon carriage. His official first show will be the Port Mayaka May Day HDT. So, we will how he does.

Little dude has done very well this past show. Paul and Little Dude did a very good dressage & cones. But was really cool was LD was very social & calm all weekend. He didn’t even want to be turned out. He was very happy just to hang out in his stall and the people that walked by. I will have some pictures soon of the water hazard at Little Everglades HDT. I think everybody will like the shots.

I couldn’t take any pictures because I got to navigate for a another driver. It was a blast! It was her first HDT & she needed a “gator”. I hope she will continue to do it, even when she get home to Michigan.

Write again soon!

I guess it’s about time I updated everyone on Little Dude and I. I am not driving LD at the Black Prong HDT March 12-3, 2011. I can’t keep my hands or my nerves quiet enough to be able to drive him. Paul will be taking over ALL LD’s driving. He will keep the same schedule that we originally laid out for him for the show season. I just am going to be his groom.  I just don’t have the talent or the confidence any more to do anything more with horses. I am just going to have to come to terms with it.

In other news, Paul’s other driving horse in training, Buddy, is coming along well. he’s getting his own 4-wheel CDE carriage at the end of the month. Buddy is a 14.2 hand Welch/TB cross gelding. He is as cute as a button. I hope to get some decent pictures of him and Paul at the clinic this weekend.

Paul’s Dressage Horse, Ben, did well at his last schooling show. he got a 62.400%. He’ll be heading to the 2 shows in Venice, FL on April 9-10, 2011.

Our current schedule is going to keep Paul hopping. Between Driving and Dressage, Paul wont have a break until the 3rd weekend in April. I will try to keep everyone updated as the event proceed.