Today we had the vet comming out to do the ponies teeth. Blossom was a total Star! She stood perfect for the vet and let her do everything she needed. She did have a sharp tooth at the back, which most ponies need sedated for but Blossom stood so well she didn't need any! I was so proud of her.
When I went back to the farm it was -1 degrees, but I decideded to go out and play with Blossom anyway. We had a quick run through of the seven games on the 12ft line and then moved on to the 22ft. We managed a few yo yo's only using phase 2, it wasn't totally straight but I was happy with what she gave me for our first tme doing this. We then moved on to transitions on the circle, she didn't understand to start with what I was asking her to do so she would stop and turn and face. So I would thank her and re-send her again, it took quite a few attempts at this until she worked out what I was asking. But by the end I was getting transitions from trot to walk to stand then stand to walk to trot. I was so proud of her!! We were both starting to get really cold, so decided to finish for the night.
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Hi Leanne,
Great stuff you're doing there. Just a point to think about....when doing transitions don't do the stop/stand that is L3, you want to encourage movement and engagement for your change of direction at trot. I made the mistake of asking for stop on the circle and the change of direction was difficult as horse thought I always wanted a stop, trying to get her into trot all the way around the arc, draw to me and go the other way was difficult! Just a thought.
Shelley
Hi Shelley,
Thank you so much for this advice!! I haven't started asking for change of direction yet - im so glad you have said this or I would have just been digging myself a big hole!! And made this so much harder for both of us.
Thanks again
Keep up the great play though, you're doing so well and an inspiration to me to get my finger out and play more!
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