Wonderful Work in Progress: Wonderful Week 12

Sam did so well this week, particularly this weekend. We took Sam out to a new place with some of our other horses. He was in a stall most of the weekend and did SO well. At first he was kinda nervous when the other two of our horses that went with him left, but by day two, a lot hadchanged. Sam began to only be worried for a few minutes and then settled back down.

Sam also got to load into a new trailer for this trip. It was a 3 horse slant load, so it was full with the other two. He walked right in, no problem (I think he secretly prefers it to the other trailer). Then the next time we loaded him in the other trailer, he did really well, he walked right in and let us tie him up, then ate his treats. Before this week he usually didn't eat his treatswhile standing in the trailer, he would wait until we were moving to do it.

Sam's confidence and sweetness has grown so much in the nearly three months we have had him. He is so hard not to love, I don't know how anybody could not love him. he cares aboutus so much and it is such an obviously genuine care. He loves puzzles and using his brain to accomplish a task. I think with the right challenges and the right person to challenge him in this way, Sam's greatness could be infite, along with his trust in that person.

This is the most inspiring part of Sam, at least to me it is.

I think Sam is mostly ready for the expo on the 20th. He will be the one in the baseball outfit, and we will have plenty of decorations and posters on his stall. We even have some help from the community making some of the posters. If you have the chance, make sure you atttend the expo, there will be lots of great information and horses presented. Sam will be there showing off all the great skills he learned/hones in the last three months.