I am so glad you are having a good time with Miles. It sounds like you two are doing great! If you took pictures of his tail send them to me, I would love to see how good it looks. Your mom also told me that Kathy loves him, that makes me so happy! I told your mom this but I will tell you too. I wouldn’t worry about wearing gloves with Miles. If he tries to pull back like that, just let go. He will always be stronger than you and if you try to fight him, you could get hurt. Every time he has done that with me (which isn’t often) he doesn’t run away. He stops pulling as soon as you let go. I’m glad your friends came out. Did they like him? You asked me how I got him to side step. It is just something I learned when I took dressage lessons. I’m sure Kathy can teach you how. Basically, I just put my inside leg on him and move him over.

New York has been great, I still love it. Last weekend, I went to Philadelphia with two of my friends. We took a train there which was really fun. I like train rides much more than car rides. The first thing we did when we got to Philly was get cheese steaks. I had never had one before. We went to the original cheese steak restaurant called Pat’s Steaks. The line wrapped around the building, across the street and down the sidewalk! It was crazy. I don’t know if you know this, I didn’t, but the cheese on the cheese steak is cheez-wiz!! I did not think it sounded good but it actually wasn’t bad. We also went apple picking when we were out there. It was so much fun! All the leaves were changing which was really cool, I have never really seen fall before.

I hope you are doing good. I miss you!! I promise I will post on the blog more often. Say hi to every one for me!