Star is a 7 yro QH mare with serious trust issues and some flight tendencies. I have worked her about 26 rides, so you will only see her journey starting at this point. With her trust issues she gets very excited any time we start something new, but these trust issue also make her very sensitive to handling. We have worked alot on lateral flexion and not getting too excited everytime I ask for it. She is very willing to try, just wants to do it really fast.
Yesterday we worked alot on what I call calming techniques, meaning doing everything at a walk. With Star's trust issues, she wants to do everything as fast as she can (escape). Doing everything at a slower pace really forces her to use her mind, instead of blindly do the "job" as fast as she can. We also worked on a proper stop, she does not really know how to carry her frame (stay collected). So I asked her to travel with some contact, asking her to round her back. This raised all of the "escape" flags for her, so again we worked at a slower pace.
Stay tuned....she will be with me for almost another month. I look forward to the progress she will be making.
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