and I ask him "Are you trying to entertain yourself?"

Today Is Wednesday so guess who I rode.......that's right....Ding ding ding, You Win! Matt! The lesson went well. He was a really good boy today. The first time around I had a few problems with his lope, he kept breaking stride :( But the next time he went smooth sailing. We've been trying out this Really, Really, Really old saddle, and some days it works, and some days it feels really weird. The worst part is the weight, that thing must weigh 10000000000000000000 pounds! The interesting thing isn't really about the lesson, but after the lesson. I was grooming of Matt when he started to chew on the wall. I tugged on his halter "No Matt, that's NOT eatable" Matt looked at me like I was crazy like he was thinking I'm chewing on it, and it doesn't taste that bad, so don't tell me I can't eat it! Next he started chewing on his lead-rope. Again I yanked back on him, this time he tuned around and lipped me, Wait let me explain, I say he "Lipped" me because Matt doesn't bite, he gets you with his lips, and sometimes licks you with his tongue...Moving on. I give him a soft-but-hard-enough slap to tell him He should not do that. Wait it gets better. Then He went for the unlocked pad lock on the tack door, well since it was unlock he snatched it. I head him chewing on metal, I went to go see what he was eating OH MY GOD THE PAD-LOCK..now you don't have to study or ride horses to know if they swallow a metal pad-lock it's a big problem. I snatched it out of his mouth as fast as I could, and put it away. I looked at Matt, who now very bored was trying to scratch his leg. "Are you trying to entertain yourself?" Matt looks at me and throws his head. Of coarse I thought. then I thought harder, if I was a horse...I would get bored too. I then looked at Matt and patted him, "OK I said I'll make you a deal, no more eating metal and I won't get annoyed with you anymore." Thanks for reading and check back soon for my next post!