Again, with the inconsistency....
Rode today with the idea that we were going to start advancing him. His releases are not perfect, but with patience he usually picks up what I want. I also started asking him to turn toward the fence, this is more about moving his feet and him not getting his feet stuck in the ground. He did really well and I even started asking him to move forward with some light contact on his mouth. I know this seems like really slow progress, but if you spend more time now...you spend less time later (I stole that saying!). From now till the 13th, Soldier will be getting a lot of work. So we should see a lot of improvement, but all in all, Soldier is not as far along as some, but he is getting there.
Rode today with the idea that we were going to start advancing him. His releases are not perfect, but with patience he usually picks up what I want. I also started asking him to turn toward the fence, this is more about moving his feet and him not getting his feet stuck in the ground. He did really well and I even started asking him to move forward with some light contact on his mouth. I know this seems like really slow progress, but if you spend more time now...you spend less time later (I stole that saying!). From now till the 13th, Soldier will be getting a lot of work. So we should see a lot of improvement, but all in all, Soldier is not as far along as some, but he is getting there.
Not a bad start for Soldier. Building a life time relationship with our horses isn't easy, it takes a lot of patience. This is what horsemanship meant to be, learning to see things the way horses see.
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