Riley meets surcingle: Part 1 (the prelude)

Disclaimer: I'm totally challenged when it comes to managing the lunge line. You'll see me stepping through it, trailing it behind me, and holding it in a tangled mass. You'd never guess that I once blogged about proper lungeing technique. Pot, meet kettle!

Part 1 (the prelude) isn't the most dramatic footage you'll ever see. The video below is a short excerpt of 2.5 year old Riley lungeing -- basically a warmup to lungeing with a surcingle. Bob is videotaping, and we're both amused that Riley has been "jumping" the thin strip of sunlight as if it is a pole, as you can see in the picture on the left. If you have nothing better to do, here is the rest of the warmup: part 1 and part 2.

For those of you still awake after the first video, here is footage of Riley standing to have the surcingle put on. Wooo hoo. He's worn a surcingle on the lunge once, very loosely fit, and several times in his stall fitted more snugly. He stands very nicely here, don't you think?




Coming up: Riley meets surcingle part II. Here's a teaser!