Ohhh Ponehh.

So my beautifully trained three year old poneh was doing pretty much perfect after state. I gave him a few days off, because it was a grueling show, and then worked with him a little, nothing to hard, since we didn't have a show. Then last week I went away for 9 days to go on vaction.
And apparently, I can't leave him for more then a few days. >.<
He's been SO bad about everything. I was about to start working with him again yesterday, but after random Imagogallopfortwentyminute....things, I decided it wasn't a good night to start.
Tonight wasn't really a good night either.

So I'm in a realivitely good mood, I take out his new halter, his nylon one since I perfer it, catch him easily, bring him up so I coud get my brushes. He starts out being a doll. I'm brushing him, and he's standing, being just perfect.
Ohhh, but that can't last, can it?
No. He start bouncing around and wouldn't stand still for anything. Now, I realize he's still young, so I don't expect him to stand like an older horse would, but still, he's trained well enough I expect a certain level of...maturity? Not really the right word, but I suppose you get my drift. And he was not even close to acting like that. I mean it was 9 days! I've gone almost whole winters without really working with him and he's acted better then this. Then he started the whole "Ima gonna bite your or paw you". Just lovelyy.
So I walk him around for...at least an half an hour, in which he tested me about 15 times. In the end I won, and he'll probably do the same thing tomorrow. Eventually it will get through to him and he'll be his normal angelic self. The problem is that we only have about three weeks until the fair. I hope he's acting better by then.