Yay! My mom came over to help me, and the result was that we got Nine saddled in record time, with him only dumping the saddle once! (He later bucked it underneath him, but let me take it off calmly so I don't count that.) Mom also served as temporary official photographer, because my fiance (the permanent official photographer) took our daughter on a hike with his brother and mom. We originally planned to get the riding saddle on Nine and get me on him, but there was a storm rolling in, meaning it got windy. So we decided instead to introduce Nine to the breast collar!


So that was fun, and Nine did well. I am going to try a rather old-fashioned trick, I suppose, and leave the saddle on overnight. The tomorrow is Fiance isn't too busy I might try to get on. I will certainly try to saddle him in the riding saddle if anyone will watch Miss Toddler.