Tacking Up!

Today, we spent a good deal of time working on the 5th stall. We took the junk that was stored in their to the dump, and bought stall mats and wood. This stall has partially buried fencing along the perimeter (to keep out skunks!), so we want to cover the above ground section of fence, so that the New Horse doesn't get caught up on it. And, one of the sides of the stall is the metal barn, so we'd like to cover that up and have wood "kick boards" installed. Hubby got one wall finished, we'll work more on it tomorrow.

I also practiced tacking up Cotton, to address her girthiness. She made some moves like she was going to lean back and lie down again, so I popped one of the cross-ties off. She seemed surprised by this move and stood back up. "What, I can't lean on the ties?" She did take some steps backward, but having just one tie on (and the leadrope around her neck) seemed to solve the larger issue. When I was able to take the girth off and put it on the first hole a couple of times, without complaints from Cotton, I pulled the whole saddle off. Which, again, surprised Cotton. "What, we not going riding?"