Sitting on Cielo with a saddle

Yesterday I was able to put a pad and bareback pad on Cielo. Then we tried a western saddle. He didn’t like the western saddle, I thought maybe all the strings were bothering him, so we tried the English Saddle and Cielo was much happier. I was able to mount and dismount 3 times and Cielo just sat there. He didn’t want to move.  He did look over to see who was on him.We did flexion both ways. I was on him about a total of 15 minutes and he had his leg cocked, and afterwards he did big yawns. Today I tried the Western saddle and tied up all the stings and Cielo said I am out of here after placing it on his back. So I took him back up the hill and we changed to the English saddle. I was able to mount and dismount and Cory led me a few steps at a time. He yawned a bunch of times after our steps. Coming off the adrenalin. He is doing great. Pictures are in the photos page.

~ Maryann