The second ride with Goli and I walked, Goli and I walked this earlier today, this entire trail in hand. The neighbors took me on it this morning and showed me what they had carved out. This is really nice. I am so looking forward to getting Paco on here too because Paco, you know, he's geriatric. Can't run those hills like he used to, but this is really easy. Not a bunch of high hills. Good boy. Not about just steep hills it is. So I think we're going to do just fine. And hope to make sure my brakes are working. Good boy. Good boy. And I want to love you right here. Love you right here. Give me your nose. Give me your nose. Give me your nose. That's a good boy. Turn around. Very good. No, no. That's a good boy. Just a little bit of a clip. They're not a big deal. Good job. Good job. So going downhill, you tuck your belly button to your spine. I'm leaning over the withers, feet deep in the stirrups, returning and slop. So this is where I need him to pay attention. Slow. We're just going to go downhill. Give him his head a little bit. I'm off his bottom. So I'm standing in my stirrups with my belly button tucked. My shoulders over, over the withers, keeping him walking. Good boy. Give him his head though and just doing a tickle on the reins to slow him down. You want to give your horse their head when going down a hill. Good boy. Golly. Good boy. Easy. Easy. Good boy. Good boy. So you got a little scared because they just did a big splash in the pond. We're going to go back up this trail. There you go. Easy boy. That a boy. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. So we're trotting up hill and I lean forward and I set up to walk. Good job. We're not going to go there. That's real steep. I was told. Okay so now we're going to turn around. There you go. Can you turn around? And we'll head back up. Come on. We're not paying attention to them. We're busy with us. Come on. He's like I want to go home. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. And walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. That a boy. That a boy. Good job. So this time we're going to go to the right. This is just a loop. We're just going to take the loop. Good. That's what I want. I want a lot of blowing out. So he's starting to get relaxed and blowing. There. That's good. That's what we want. He blows out that anxiety. Yeah buddy. Yeah. That's so good. That's so good. That's right. That's what you need. Very good. I'm so proud of you. Now we start to listen. You see his ears coming back on me. So he said ears forward the whole time. But notice now he keeps checking in with me. That's great. And he's probably wondering how I'm talking to him. Okay. So now this is kind of the slippery crappy crappy. Yeah. And I'm just going to tuck and guide him over. There we go. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Just plenty of uphill. I said walk and he didn't shut down. So I'm in a one-ring stop. Give me that nose. Thank you. Now turn. He'll find out that this isn't going to work. That's my panic hill. If he was in a bolt that would be my panic hill. Because I know there's a dead end up top. There's a flat top up there. So I just let him run it up and then we'd stop him because he should be pooped. A lot easier to control when they've had that spurred of energy and then it's done. Get a play. There we go. First canter. Easy hoe. That was good. That was his first canter ever. First canter under saddle ever. And he fell a little bucky at first. He felt kind of weird about it. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Because I'm bouncing on him. See? And in a rena when you're doing that. You can go either way. So I prefer to canter on the trail going up a hill because it's easier to manage. I find that there's too much energy to buck. They think about it but then they get in the groove of it and they feel the body moving. And it's not that big of a deal. Walk. Walk. Walk. I asked him to walk. Pull him in a one-ring stop. I'm going to disengage because he's not listening. Oh, oh, he gave me your nose. Very good. I remember there's no bit in his mouth either. This is just a rope halter. No knots across the nose. I don't like that. So all it is just a rope across the nose. And then the knots on the side and then the side pull loose. So we're going to go back down this again one more time. So it's one more time and then we'll go home. Come on. There you go. He's like, I want to go home. Good boy easy now. This is good practice. I don't know what it's boring. Just one more and then we're done. So the only stop I have is at emergency handbrake and he will get better. Remember this is only a second time and that first time was just one loop and down. We didn't even go the loop. We went part of the trail and turned around. This is big. This is a lot more time. But I really want him to experience. Yeah. And you're doing a good job. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Good boy. Oh boy. I started to reach for that one-ring stop and he stopped. Walk. Hope. Two. Three. Good boy. Good boy. Just kind of listening. You can have your nose all you want if you listen. All right. Oh. Oh. Good boy. Good boy. All right. Okay. Come on. Nice. Nice. And oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. You're not walking when I'm asking. He's mad. Thank you. Good boy. That was fun. That was fun. Good job. Good. Good job. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Now we want to do more. He wants to have more adventure. More running. Oh. That was fun. You will get lots of time for that. That was a blast. Short and sweet. Oh. He's got so much energy now. He just wants to go. But unfortunately, sweetheart, we're going to go home because you need to soak on this now because we don't want any bad things to happen. Walk. Walk. Walk. We need that soaking time. Walk slow. Good. Good boy. Good boy.