As I mentioned yesterday, one of my goals today was to
convice Sissy that she could move forward in a circle. She really struggled, yesterday, with forward
motion and releasing to pressure on side or the other.
But I started today with some basic ground work…yielding her
hind end, backing away from me (and being brave enough to stay away until I invited
her back in) and some release to pressure from the opposite side (simply asked
for her to release her face, while standing on the opposite side. I did this over the top of the saddle to
simulate how I would ask if I was in the saddle). I didn’t drive her with the snaffle, but plan
on doing that on Thursday. Today I wanted
to focus on forward motion….
It took her most of the ride, but she finally sorta got the
idea that I was asking for just a little release as she was moving
forward. She is right where I would
expect her to be after three days riding in a snaffle.
I did notice that after riding her for a while (this was a
lot harder ride than I had been doing before), that she was still a little touchy
on that left front foot that was trimmed to short. We may have to ease up on the hard rides for
a bit until that foot toughens up. She
travels fine…just a little sore after a hard ride. There are still lots of things we can do to
set the stage for later on, so this is not a huge worry.
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