Joe and the lampshade

It's raining again today.
It's official, I'm obsessed with the weather. It wouldn't matter at all if it didn't interfere with my riding schedule!
My session with Bonbon in the barn was delayed when we had to go look for our old cat Joe who's had an operation on his ear and is wearing one of those horrible lampshade collars. He's had the thing on now for over a week and he's not supposed to go out. We've taken pity on him though and let him out for a while, keeping an eye on him, but today he fooled us and legged it and was nowhere to be seen. He turned up safe and sound after about 20 minutes which was a relief. He's going back to the vets on Monday, so hopefully he'll have the stitches out and the lampshade will be gone!

Bonbon was grumpy and tense when I brought her into the barn, so I groomed her for a while, and then massaged her neck and pulled her ears until she started to relax.
When I put the bridle on, she started looking for treats which stirred her up again. I'm going to have to watch that with her as I can see it being counterproductive and very distracting for both of us.
She did really well though, and I'm pretty pleased at how much easier and relaxed she's becoming with the bit. She's releasing from a light lift of the rein and when I ask for the flexion she's keeping the mobility on the outside rein as well as the inside which makes an easy transition and the flexion much more fluid.
I rasped Remys feet yesterday, so I finished by doing Bonbons feet. They're looking pretty good.