Sunday, February 21, 2010

Liberty Explorations

The confident horse I had yesterday was still there today!  I went out to play and decided to test my first three games at liberty.  Went beautifully!  Not problems at all!  Tried the yo-yo, but could only do the first yo part.  =/  Not enough draw.  Then I played with driving from zone 3 at liberty.  Was a little sticky to start, but we worked through it and took a lap around the upper pasture.

I haltered up then and played some approach and retreat with the arena.  No breakthroughs really; went in and out a couple times.  But all without pressuring and with confidence and curiosity.  Other than that, I started asking for trotting circles again.

Progressing slowly, but surely.  And having Cal's confidence makes such a difference!

Goals for this week: Gain more confidence with the arena, play with more riding, play more with moving to zone 4-5 driving, start playing with more porcupine games (lead by ear, chin, mane, legs, tail).

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