Light day today. Shoer came and trimmed Belle, so I did some ground work with her instead of riding. Worked on some more desensitizing. She is still a little uncomfortable when you get the stick and string slinging around her hind end. This most likely comes from lunging. All she understands is that she should be moving, that is what happens when all you do is lunge a horse. Mind numbing circles generally lead to mind numbed horses! Instead work circles, but have a purpose. See when and where you can ask them to stop. How long did it take to get them to stop? Can you turn them into the fence where you want to and how about turning them away from the fence? Can you get them to put their nose on a certain spot on the round pen? There a so many different things you can do other than just stand in the middle and whip to make them go!
Belle is progressing nicely, even with some trust issues. These mainly pop up when you are doing groundwork, but she is riding well for 2-3 rides. The trust issues will get better as long as I continue to do groundwork before I ride.
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