Started today a little different. Did just a few basics, just to see how she
would react. I was on her pretty quick,
and she took it pretty good. Although I think
she sorta has a little habit of laying her ears back when I put weight on the
left side. I believe this is from
expecting it to hurt when I get on and she will get over this eventually (when
she realizes that it doesn’t hurt).
Before I go much further, I want to point out that horses
are little like people…we all have a bad day once in a while. Today wasn’t a good day for Sissy, compared
to the last 8. It was the first full day
with just a snaffle and she wasn’t none too happy about the whole situation! And to be honest…it was her first full
day with the snaffle and I did move through some basic stuff pretty fast. So I'm more to blame than her!
One of the things that I worked on with her was convincing
her that a big ol’ girl like her could still move forward while bending her
neck just a little. I think that will be
the challenge in the coming days, forward motion. We spent most of the ride, just working
establishing forward motion and then asking for a slight bend…both ways.
She was better at the end than she was at the beginning and
that is all you can really ask for!
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