Impromptu desensitizing party

When I arrived at the barn on Sunday, Michael and Austin were practicing roping in the ring.

Or perhaps I should say, they were attempting to practice roping in the arena.

In reality, they were helping other boarders desensitize their horses to the truck and roping dummy.

Never one to pass up a training opportunity, I immediately grabbed Sage and brought her to the ring.

Sage does not care about that roping dummy.

She does not care about it even one little bit.

She was mildly concerned when the desensitizing party broke up and roping practice started again.

But after a minute or two, that was old hat as well.

I didn't have any specific plans for the day, so I lingered by the ring and chatted with Linda. She asked if Sage had seen some of our other desensitizing props. I told her that we had mastered umbrellas...

and tarps, but that's as far as we've gotten.

Like magic, an exercise ball...

and three hula hoops appeared in the ring.

Predictably, Sage didn't care much about any of it.

She's such a good baby.

I'm still not convinced that Sage is my forever horse, but she is a brave, sweet, uncomplicated and very good horse. I am thoroughly enjoying our time together.