June 14, 2011
Prince and I continued on with our Freestyle patterns today but did a few new things Online. We did leading by the ear, which we have played with in the past but not recently, we did that all the way up to the riding ring and then did some back-up's, turns, and close range circles at the walk, all by the ear. We kept it simple and had fun playing with responding appropriately to pressure in a semi-new area.
We also played with a weave on a circle. This was fun but we had to change strategies a little because Prince was relying to much on the rope and not really listening to my body so we switched to to doing Figure eights around each cone so that Prince would start to understand what to do. We kept doing this until the belly of the rope was on the ground through out each Change of direction/Figure eight.
This made a huge improvement on the Weave but and Prince kept the slack on the ground 90% of the time. We also played with changes of directions at the canter with flying lead changes. Prince got most of them but missed a couple. He still tried really hard and we ended on a good one. We also played with circles at the canter. I was looking for Prince to get the correct lead and be able to maintain it for more than just 3/4 of a lap. Soon Prince was able to canter in both directions for 3-4 laps so I rewarded that and brought him in for a rest.
Then I mounted and rode. We started with Follow the rail at the walk, trot and canter. Prince did well. At the canter Prince was able to pick up the correct lead much easier than last day and so we didn't stay at it as long. We got about 3-4 laps each direction on the correct lead and then stopped.
Next we made our way down to the corral, opened and closed the gate, and then rode the Bullseye pattern at the trot and canter. The trot was easy as we have done that a lot before so we went into the canter. Prince still had a hard time picking up the correct lead and so the first little while was a lot of attempting to pick up the correct lead. Once Prince got it though we were able to canter a few good laps and then stop for a rest. Prince picked up the left lead better than the right lead which was interesting because normally it is the other way around.
We ended with doing a little bit of bridling. Prince took the bit well and lateral flexions were really good so I unbridled and we headed back to the corral. I haven't been doing as much bridling and such recently because there has been so many other things we have been playing with, sometimes it is a little overwhelming when you want to play with and advance different things but just run out of time!!
Naturally,
~Keri-Lynn
Then I mounted and rode. We started with Follow the rail at the walk, trot and canter. Prince did well. At the canter Prince was able to pick up the correct lead much easier than last day and so we didn't stay at it as long. We got about 3-4 laps each direction on the correct lead and then stopped.
Next we made our way down to the corral, opened and closed the gate, and then rode the Bullseye pattern at the trot and canter. The trot was easy as we have done that a lot before so we went into the canter. Prince still had a hard time picking up the correct lead and so the first little while was a lot of attempting to pick up the correct lead. Once Prince got it though we were able to canter a few good laps and then stop for a rest. Prince picked up the left lead better than the right lead which was interesting because normally it is the other way around.
We ended with doing a little bit of bridling. Prince took the bit well and lateral flexions were really good so I unbridled and we headed back to the corral. I haven't been doing as much bridling and such recently because there has been so many other things we have been playing with, sometimes it is a little overwhelming when you want to play with and advance different things but just run out of time!!
Naturally,
~Keri-Lynn
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