As the colder days arrived, Merlin's snowy Summer coat moulted out, and his darker winter coat grew in. We are so lucky to have a dapple grey in the Winter, and a white charger in the Summer,the best of both World's in my humble opinion! Merlin's temperament continued to be charming and easy going, but he was showing that he was always ready to learn. We've had to be sooo careful not to accidentally teach him bad habits as well as good ones, as he picks things up really quickly. His manners on the lead rein are so good, with 'walk on', 'stand' and 'back up' flowing so smoothly that he now responds to the commands when he's loose in the field. 'Trot on' is still a bit hairy though as sometimes he leaps into trot from his hind legs. Oh how he loves to be airborne! We have to be careful to give him plenty of rein for 'trot on', so that we don't inadvertently give him a tug on the rein and then confuse him. Phew, it's hard remembering it all!!
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