Journey had a busy (and exciting) seven days. Logging 33.54 miles in the past week, plus some schooling tonight. I realized this evening that I'm no longer riding a "drunken sailor." It was a huge WOW moment. She has always been so sluggish in the bridle and communication was like drawing her a picture at times. Tonight we trotted patterns and I was nearly speechless she was just weaving and circling, and I said whoa and guess what I got? WHOA. Whoa!!! My little spotted wonder has a brain *LOL*. We finished our session with a back up which is another hole in her training, and she stepped back nice and soft three full steps. I said, we are done. You horse, did REALLY REALLY good. Myler bit people I LOVE YOU.
By the way, thought I'd mention...don't ever kiss your horse right after applying chapstick.
~ E.G.
That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd ew about the chapstick horse kiss.
So fun to read your progression.. now I need to catch up on all your past posts..
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thanks for the chapstick tip! And great news about Journey. So exciting to hear about your progress!
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