Week 9

Sam has done wonderfully this last week. He has nearly mastered the art of ground driving, at least for our purposes. He now walks in a circle when driving and has a better general grasp on the idea of a circle.

Sam received a special gift from us, even though he doesn't think so. We got him a CD with scary noises on it to listen to while he eats. At first it really disturbed him, now only certain sounds scare him. This week Sam was working on circles when he heard an owl that he couldn't see. The owl put him on high alert, he began to notice EVERYTHING, even normal things were suspicious. Then, the Sam spotted the neighbors' black cat. This made Sam pretty worried. Black animals tend to scare horses more than other colors, I think it might be because they kinda look like shadows. Sam did really well despite being scared, he tried his best to keep his focus on us and it was amazing to see Sam trust us like that.

The only other really new thing that happened this week with Sam was him playing with the noodles on one of his obstacles. Sam repeatedly took the noodles down, even after I put them back up. Then one day I get home to find that Sam has almost cut one in half with his teeth, there are holes in the pool noodle. But, I think Sam must have had fun doing it, because he seemed content.

Sorry I don't have any pictures yet, but if I can get one of the noodle, I will.

Sam, thanks for adding some variety to our lives and giving us a reason to laugh. We love you.