A little grace.

Man I was not wanting to get up this morning. Yesterday morning I rode Spade for two hours. Since I have been having problems with him the thought of riding wasn't a fun one. Sunday I told God that I really needed some help because I had no idea what to do with Spade. Sunday night I sat down with my computer and noticed that there was a CD in it. I pushed play and up comes one of the series that I was watching a few weeks ago. It was Clinton Anderson's riding series. About 15 seconds finished up the lesson that I had watched last. Then came the next lesson. Some of the first words out of Clinton's mouth was "if you have a horse that is running out of the circle then this is the drill for you" I was floored the answer had been sitting in my computer for weeks all I had to do was push play. Needless to say I recorded small explanations of the rest of the lessons. Danial said that I should watch the whole series before I start training, that is probably a great idea. I went out yesterday morning and tried the drill on Spade. He got it. He is still a little tough, but he is much better. I didn't have to fight him at all to do it. I felt much better. All day yesterday I went shopping for the last few things that I needed for Fort Worth. I had to get a brown hat and some boots. And a few pieces of tack. On the way home Talicia and I where talking about all that needed to be done in the next two weeks and I was sharing how pressured I felt because I still had to teach him more obstacles. She helped me figure out how I could fit it all in and work with Magpie. So last night we came in and blew up my huge green ball. And moved all the obstacles into the arena. I looked like Disney world in the arena. I was excited to work this morning but I was super tired. So I slowly pulled myself out I bed and down to the round pen to work Mag first this morning. I was feeling behind in every direction on both mustangs. What was I thinking getting two at the same time!?? I was dreading working with Mag because I remember what it was like with Spade after a week off. I took a minute to pray. I told God I really needed his grace to get these horses trained on time. I knew I couldn't do it without Him. As I walked into Mags pen she started to run to her stall. Not sure why I did it but I started chasing her. It kinda caught her off guard and she turned around and looked at me. I turned around and walked off. She followed. We did this twice and she came to the center of the round pen. I started working with her and she quickly came right back to where we left off. But this time she was way more solid then a week ago. She was soft in the bridle so I started to drive her. She picked it up really quick. I hope to be training in the saddle soon. She is now feeling more ready. I was so happy I didn't have to start over. After working Mags I pulled out Spade. I picked him up in the car so I lead him from the outside of the car over to the trailer. He did really well once he figured out that the car wasn't going to run over him. I took him out to the arena I wanted to have fun and not worry about work today. I started by teaching him to kick the 50" ball. Pretty soon he figured out that the harder he kicks it the farther it goes and the faster he gets to chase it. It turned into a really fun game. He pushed it all over the pen. I then worked a few circles with him with no problem. To cool him down I took him though all the obstacles and through the pole pattern. You could feel how happy he was. On the way out of the pen he started to pass the ball and he turned and kicked it with his front leg and started to track it again. I love it when I find something he likes. As I was unsaddling I thanked God for giving me a great day with the horses. Sometimes God is waiting on us to ask for His help. I am going to be asking for His help for the next two weeks for sure.