Chance's head

I scratched, petted and hugged Chance's head today. Not once did he open his mouth or act rude or inappropriate. It was nice and a relief. I had just said to Jaye yesterday that I was concerned that I may make him head shy by whacking him because of the rude mouth behavior. I need to say that I don't enjoy whacking him in the mouth but I have tried everything I can think of to get the mouthiness to stop. That was the only thing that worked. And he must of understood it because it is stopping. When I saddle him up tomorrow he could very possibly become rude again, and thats okay. I'll deal with it as it comes. I'm just happy to have a horse that is engaged (not shut down), feeling better, and energetic. :)