Doug and I went out for a great trail ride today, but swopping horses, me and Karrot and he on Coco. D wanted to try a western curb bit, and Coco went well in it and seemed to like it. She still opens her mouth to evade the bit though. It was quite warm  in the low 80's I would say and windy. Our dog Kole came with us the whole way. ( we live in Simi Valley, Southern California) When we got back to home base, we saw some people with a young paint horse turn him out, where we turn our horses out. So we walked our horses down to the second turn out. Karrot got a full bath with shampoo, and his tail tied in a knot to keep it clean should he roll. Later I realized that I forgot to untie the knot. We gave Dave a ride into town to pick up a car. I did not sleep well because I have had a very bad cold and coughed a lot. I tried to take a nap outside in the garden but the wind was disturbing. I may go now and see if it is better in the spare bedroom.