What can I do for you today

Had an hour before work today to spend with Nalle so I took him to the arena to see what side of the round-pen he woke up on... and it turned out to be the fun side!
I gave Nalle his food and took off his cover, after eating up he went to find a nice place to roll.
Or at least that's what I thought... he found a the place, layed down... and waited for his treats!
I gave it to him and then he got up again without rolling, he's starting to figure out that I want something from him that got to do with laying down and that "something" results in treats. I still cant ask him to lay down, he's starting to get his weight back when I lift his front leg but he dont know what I want and he get's abit frustrated.
He's knows he gets treats for doing something good, but what!
I dont want to over-do this so I will keep using when he wants to lay down and roll abit more. It's a very intimate thing and I dont want to mis-use  any trust, he's ok with me doing so much already with him when he's laying down and I dont want to put any pressure or "work"-thoughts on those situations.

Tomorrow after work I'll go see him to give him some new years-eve-apples and see what he wants to do, instead of taking a long break due to all the snow we're doing alot of "what can I do for you today".
That's a quote I carry with me since the clinic with Kristi S Smith this year, a very nice way to approach your horse.
Putting in alot on our trust-account that I hope to be able to use when the conditions for learing and improving things are better, it also give us time melt all the things we've learned during the year.
At the beginning of this year my goal was to be able to go trail-riding alone without problems and canter without Nalle bucking like a rodeo-horse, this summer we spent hours alone finding new paths and some months later it felt good cantering without reins or even bareback. After managing that we got some homework to do to prepare for the flying lead changes, but that can wait for a little while.
As long as there is snow we will do what Nalle likes best, canter like the "breath of the desert wind" that he is on snowy forest tracks or just hang around playing games in the snow that need more brain than legs... ;)