The beginning

Deuce's real name is ACT II because look! he looks alot like his dad.

His barn name is Deuce, Baby Deuce, Deuceypoo, or anything similar. I've worked with him tons since I got him, but when he first arrived he was kind of nervous even just being in the barn.

Since then he's learned lots of things babies need to know like: how to stand tied, how to stand for the farrier, how to lunge, what the saddle feels like on his back, what the bridle feels like in his mouth, and most importantly just how to be a horse. I've tried to get him used to mane pulling and the clippers, but it's slow going; he just does not like it.

Today when I lunged him he was awesome! Deuce is a late baby, so he's really only just turned two this past August, but he's so smart that I just want to keep teaching him new things. I started out free lungeing him today and he was very attentive. He listens to walk, trot, canter commands, but he's still working on "woah!" :) After I lunged him I even did some in-hand work. He was a little confused at first but he eventually figured out how to step his hind leg under himself! What a good boy! Because he's grown alot since I got him, here are more pics.

This picture was taken about 6 months ago. The horse behind Deuce is his full brother! Pretty cool huh?

This picture was taken about 2 months ago. It was the first day I put a saddle on him. As you can see, he really didn't care at all.