Oct 21 2010
Ruffian and I played in the field this morning before mom and I went out to see Prince. We had a lot of fun and Ruffian was really playful, which made it even more fun :)
We did Traveling circles up and down the hills and all over. That really kept Ruffian interested and watching where he was going. He kept slack in the rope and was connected and confident. After that we played with our sends. Ruffian would go but it was kind of slow. Once Ruffian figured out what to do he would take off at a canter at a phase 1! So we played with canter transitions and such on the circle for a bit. Ruffian had so much energy.
It is always interesting playing with Ruffian because you never quite know what he will be like that day. Whether he will be more introverted and you have to build his confidence so he will want to play and move or whether he is really extroverted and you have to play with him and use his energy but also help him be able to stand still. It is fun!
After a while Ruffian was in a learning frame of mind so I decided to review backing up by the tail. We hadn't done that for a while so I wasn't sure how it was going to go but he remembered it really well and did a great job. There was a little hill that we ended up backing up and Ruffian stayed straight the whole way! It was really neat.
When I let Ruffian go he stayed with me and so we went over to the other horses. Then I went over and spent a little bit of time with Twosox. Just rubbing him and hanging out and then Mom and I went back home and headed out to see Prince!
Naturally,
~Keri
It is always interesting playing with Ruffian because you never quite know what he will be like that day. Whether he will be more introverted and you have to build his confidence so he will want to play and move or whether he is really extroverted and you have to play with him and use his energy but also help him be able to stand still. It is fun!
After a while Ruffian was in a learning frame of mind so I decided to review backing up by the tail. We hadn't done that for a while so I wasn't sure how it was going to go but he remembered it really well and did a great job. There was a little hill that we ended up backing up and Ruffian stayed straight the whole way! It was really neat.
When I let Ruffian go he stayed with me and so we went over to the other horses. Then I went over and spent a little bit of time with Twosox. Just rubbing him and hanging out and then Mom and I went back home and headed out to see Prince!
Naturally,
~Keri
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