Week one with Iris

It has been a bit of a funny week for horses because I wasn’t really expecting my search to conclude so rapidly and consequently I have been somewhat booked up. I have made time every day to work with Iris mare, however, so we’re starting to get some basics in place gradually. It has all been groundwork because that is what I felt she needed mentally and because my saddle needs cleaning before I try it on her and may not fit even when I do. I doubt cleaning will happen until I have a free evening. In the meantime she has a lot of basics to figure out, so we are not short of things to do.
( more detail, illustrated version )