I amped up the pressure for Sissy a little today. There comes a time to get with the program, now I say this a little tongue in cheek. I am for the horse, but you can only namby pamby along for a little while. At some point...you just need to move on!
So today, we worked a whole lot harder than we have been doing in the past few rides. I will say that other than working on her right side, she did pretty well.
Again most of the ride was about a soft release. When I ask, does she release to pressure easily? Going to the left, she is a trooper. She will move through the small circles, bending her head around at every speed except a lope. Is she perfect, no..then nobody is! But she is right where i expect her to be with the number of rides she has.
Going to the right is a different story. Even at a stop, she is hesitant to give to pressure and it only gets bigger from there. The trick is to take it slow until she gets confident. When she is confident, you introduce forward motion in the form of speed. Increase the speed as long as she holds her confidence, as soon as she panics...slow down and build her back up.
She will stop on a "whoa" at slow speeds and we are working on breaking at the poll (vertical flexion).
We ended the ride outside, I rode her for the first time outside the round pen. I didn't ask for a lot, just asked her to move forward...in somewhat of a straight line. She did well with this!
As noted before...she was better at the end than in the beggining! You can't ask for more than that!
So today, we worked a whole lot harder than we have been doing in the past few rides. I will say that other than working on her right side, she did pretty well.
Again most of the ride was about a soft release. When I ask, does she release to pressure easily? Going to the left, she is a trooper. She will move through the small circles, bending her head around at every speed except a lope. Is she perfect, no..then nobody is! But she is right where i expect her to be with the number of rides she has.
Going to the right is a different story. Even at a stop, she is hesitant to give to pressure and it only gets bigger from there. The trick is to take it slow until she gets confident. When she is confident, you introduce forward motion in the form of speed. Increase the speed as long as she holds her confidence, as soon as she panics...slow down and build her back up.
She will stop on a "whoa" at slow speeds and we are working on breaking at the poll (vertical flexion).
We ended the ride outside, I rode her for the first time outside the round pen. I didn't ask for a lot, just asked her to move forward...in somewhat of a straight line. She did well with this!
As noted before...she was better at the end than in the beggining! You can't ask for more than that!
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