Yesterday, Isabella left AGAIN, and the humans put me in the crate. Smoky and I watched through the special camera she’d invented as Isabella arrived at the horse place again! I knew she was just going to groom Levi and walk him around. As expected, she brushed him and picked out his hooves, which was a very muddy job. Then he saw another stable worker walk by with some hay and took a HUGE bite! That’s so undignified! Besides, it wasn’t even his hay! A shepherd would never do something like that.
However, once she was done grooming him, she tacked him up, led him into the indoor arena, climbed up the “mounting block,” let her riding coach put a “bridle” on him, and got on his back! She rode him around, practiced stopping him, practiced turning him, and finally was done. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, she untacked him and brushed him again! Then he went out to pasture, and Isabella just had to stay and watch the other riders and meet the other horses and stable workers. Finally, she was done. I know she will probably go back again, but is it too much to hope the horse is…less shepherd-like?
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