Cowboy Jacob

After having the ponies here for a week and a half we decided that they have had enough time and we had had enough time to get acclimated to one another.

Cowboy Jacob

Jacob went for a ride! He is gaining confidence a little at a time. Bob holds Jacob and when Jacob is ready he starts leaning for Sunshine. In a few seconds he is reaching out for Bob to take him off. He does this over and over again as he stays on for longer intervals. He can sit independently after a while as Bob 'spots' him. Sunshine is grazing at this point and not really moving much. When he does move ~ Jacob asks for more assistance with nonverbal cues to us.

When Jacob is all done or Bob is all done (gets pretty tiring putting that big boy on and off his pony) Bob takes him back into the house. With his first ride on Sunday he was so excited afterward that he did his kneeling walk all over the house! Then he started tall kneeling at the front window and watching the sky, grass, and flowers blowing in the breeze. After his second rides on Sunday he did a lot of tall kneeling and was near a toy that is pretty wobbly. He used that as his 'help' to tall kneel... basically he was doing it independently because that toy would have just collapsed if he would have put any weight into it.

"Where's Sunshine?"

Miranda got busy with the camera today and took pics of Jacob in action with his kneel walk... here they are.