Belle....11/1/11

Belle is making excellent progress.  Stops and turns are going great, not as refined as we would like yet....but for the few rides she has, she is going great!

I work the groundwork everyday, she is still a little iffy about any movement around her hind end.  But if I continue on the same course, she will get better about that.  The ride was good!  Stops and turns are getting smoother at a walk.  Yesterday I trotted her quite a bit, just gettting her to travel out.  Today I started asking her to turn and stop from the trot.  Of course when you add a little speed, things get a little sloppy.  The smoothness she developed at the walk, got rough at the trot.  But she is willing, so it will get better with more work.