Today was a pretty good day for Sissy. She had her " I wanna fight" moments but we finished out really well!
Started riding her just letting her travel and gradually asked her to give laterally at a walk. This went ok, so I kicked it up a notch. Started asking for the same thing at a trot...first "I wanna fight" moment. She immediately stiffened up and went to pulling against me! So we slowed it back down to a walk and continued asking for the same thing. Moving through a stop, to a walk, to a trot...asking for the same thing. "just bend your neck enough to show a release"...
I have mentioned this before about holes in your training. At a stop, it is a little gopher hole. At a walk, it might be as big as a ditch. At a trot, it's an arroyo. At a lope, it's the Grand Canyon. Issues get bigger the more speed you add, so make sure that you are solid at each speed before moving on to the next one.
Back to Sissy, most of the ride was spent asking for this release. When I felt she was doing ok at a stop...I asked her to walk and make the same release. When she was doing well at the walk, I asked her to trot and make the same release. Any time she had trouble, we slowed down and did it at the slower pace until she was comfortable again.
The biggest issue for Sissy is believing she can bend her big ol' self. But she was better at the end than at the begining. Ended up a pretty good day!
Started riding her just letting her travel and gradually asked her to give laterally at a walk. This went ok, so I kicked it up a notch. Started asking for the same thing at a trot...first "I wanna fight" moment. She immediately stiffened up and went to pulling against me! So we slowed it back down to a walk and continued asking for the same thing. Moving through a stop, to a walk, to a trot...asking for the same thing. "just bend your neck enough to show a release"...
I have mentioned this before about holes in your training. At a stop, it is a little gopher hole. At a walk, it might be as big as a ditch. At a trot, it's an arroyo. At a lope, it's the Grand Canyon. Issues get bigger the more speed you add, so make sure that you are solid at each speed before moving on to the next one.
Back to Sissy, most of the ride was spent asking for this release. When I felt she was doing ok at a stop...I asked her to walk and make the same release. When she was doing well at the walk, I asked her to trot and make the same release. Any time she had trouble, we slowed down and did it at the slower pace until she was comfortable again.
The biggest issue for Sissy is believing she can bend her big ol' self. But she was better at the end than at the begining. Ended up a pretty good day!
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