Yep, that was Sammie today. He was full of beans and bounce, striding out as we left the yard for a hack on the Common, Once we hit the Common, it was boing, boing, boing all the way. I only had to make an attempt to pick up the reins and he thought we were off! We went out with M and K.
It was such good fun though and great to feel that Sammie was so full of life and being incredibly cheeky at times. We came across some of those awful scrambler bikes on the way back home. We could hear them at first but couldn't see them so we carried on. Then we saw them and they were heading towards us on a track just down a slight bank from the one we were on and there were five of the monkeys.
There was much puffing and snorting from M and Sammie, so we decided to halt and just let them see exactly what was going on. They both stood like rocks, heads high in the air straining to look. Then they came by, not slowing down at all. M and Sammie were in shock I think, their heads locked onto each one as it went by and they both sort of bobbed their heads every time a new one came into sight. They didn't move an inch, but their focus was totally on those bikes until they were well past. Then they stood there for a few seconds to make sure they'd gone, touched noses, let out some big snorts and decided it was safe to carry on their way.
Sammie came back in such a sweat so I'm afraid I'm going to have to resort to the clippers. I don't like it, but I can't keep leaving him cold and wet like that and his furry winter coat has really started to come through now. Hopefully he'll remember his experience last year when he was such a good boy.
We've got lessons tomorrow, so I hope Sammie hasn't used up all his energy today.
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