So today Prince and I worked on refining our play and riding. It was a huge success. We started by playing in the turn around. Since it was cold outside they horses weren't in so my mom and I went to find them. When we go to the turn around we called them and they came. It was SO nice not to have to walk through the wet bushes to go get them!!
Prince came right up to me and stayed with me while I caught him. Then we went and did come stick to me, long distance yo-yo and sideways games, Then Prince really wanted to move his feet so we did some traveling circles at the trot and canter. Plus every once and a while I would ask Prince to do a transition downwards just to keep him mind of me. He did SO well. Our last play time really paid off!!! Then every once and a while I asked Prince to change direction. Those were really good too.
After that I asked Prince to put his two in front feet in one hula hoop and his back feet in another one. At first Prince didn't know what I wanted and he was moving around a lot but then he figured it out. It was fun!! We then did sideways over a log. Prince did really well while it was only one log but then part way across when the two logs over lapped he wasn't sure what to do. So we played with that till he could go sideways over them both.
When we were done that we worked on our circles. Prince wasn't paying any attention to me and just running around. So we did LOTS of transitions. Those really worked and he started softening and slowing down in what ever gait I asked him to move at. We did some really cool canter to walk transitions, canter departures and lots more!! Our change of directions are getting there. They aren't perfect but at least Prince isn't running off when I ask him to change direction. One thing that I noticed was that I need to do lots of transitions and make sure Prince is paying attention to me and then I can do some change of directions. Interesting.
Then we went back to the corral. I saddled Prince up and we went up to the riding ring. On our way back to the corral we played stick to me. At first Prince wasn't in tune with me but by the time we got home he was in harmony with me and mirroring me. It was so cool!!! When we were up in the riding ring we did figure 8's, Touch it and then just to make sure Prince didn't have any buck in him I asked him into the canter. He bucked at first but then after the first couple stride of canter he stopped bucking and was fine. Our transitions were even better then they were in the turn around. He was AMAZING!!! We got a flying lead change too!!!
Then I got up and rode Prince. All I wanted to do was work on some small stuff and refine our riding. Normally all Prince wants to do is trot, trot, trot but today he was in tune with me and listened SO well. We only did a little bit of trotting but most of it was just walking. For almost all the ride I just used my savvy string and carrot stick. I had my hackamore on as a safety net but I didn't need. We did sideways, some trotting, direct rein, backing up, point to point, carried and dragged a bucket, and lots more all with just the savvy string and carrot stick!!! I was SO proud of Prince. Near the end we did some figure 8's. I switched to holding my reins just in case I needed them but I didn't Prince listened to my body and carrot stick so well. We did some REALLY, REALLY nice figure 8's. They were AMAZING!!!!
I put my vest on a fence post before I started riding and also tied my 22ft line to a bucket. So when we were riding I rode over to my vest and put it on then took it off. I also rubbed Prince with it. He did really well. We have to work on dragging the bucket. He did pretty good but got kind of worried about it following him. That is okay though. We were able to carry it and he was fine with that. Prince was so in tune with me that near the end of our ride if I wanted him to turn he would turn with just me using my body. Plus when I would ask him to stop all I need to do was relax and he would stop right then and there. It was so cool!!!
To end our ride we did some sideways both way but I used my reins because Prince was drifting forward quite a bit. He did really well but I just needed to ask him to move his hind quarters a little bit more because they were lagging a little. After that he did sideways beautifully!!!
It wasn't a super long ride but it was VERY fun!!! and we got a lot accomplished!!
~K
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Patience and Persistence pays off with Prince and Twosox
The weather this morning was SO nice that I was able to play with both Twosox and Prince.
I started off by playing with Twosox. I picked out all of his feet. He was a little bit unsure about me handling his back feet but pretty soon he relaxed. After that we worked on our walk/trot transitions and change of directions. The whole time there was lots of slack in the rope and for 90% of the time the belly of the rope was on the ground. Twosox is SO light and was paying attention to me the whole time. All I needed to do relax and maybe lift up my carrot stick and Twosox would slow down and if I wanted him to speed up all I had to do was lift up my life and he would speed up. It was amazing.
Our Change of directions are getting REALLY good. Twosox will pivot right into the ground and go the other way. It was amazing! I have never seen him be so athletic!! Then we worked on jumping one barrel. I put it right up next to the fence. At first Twosox wasn't to sure but then figured it out and would jump it from a stand still no problem. It was amazing how many questions Twosox was asking me. It was great!!
Then we took a little break and just spend some time together hanging out. I didn't want to overwhelm Twosox so we didn't do any more Online stuff. We did a little bit of Liberty at the end. We did some Sideways with out a fence, yo-yo games, Driving and some circles. Playing with Transitions Online really payed off because they were AMAZING at Liberty. Twosox was so in tune with me that when ever I asked him to do something it was light and he responded so well. He even jumped the one barrel twice and I was at least 10ft away!!! Our draw keeps improving. Each time it gets a little bit better. I am making sure to keep my Liberty sessions sort but also effective. So that we make a little bit of progress each time and it is really working.
After I had let Twosox go I wanted to quickly work on some Transitions and Change of Directions Online with Prince. Playing with Twosox and seeing how light and responsive he is has made me realize that I need to really work on Prince's and my Transitions and Change of directions.
So I went and got Prince. We played stick to me while we were running up the hill. Prince stayed right beside me the whole time. Then once we were in the riding ring I sent Prince over to the barrel that was still by the fence. He jumped right over it from a stand still!! That was really good for Prince because normally he will knock it when he is going over it. Then I sent Prince out on the circle. It took a while of playing around but finally we got it all working and our Transitions go really good. We ended up doing transitions on a shorter circle so that I could be effective then once Prince was paying attention and they were going better I let out a little bit of rope and we did some walk/trot/canter, both downward and upward transitions.
One thing that I noticed was that before when we would do transitions I wouldn't stick with it long enough so Prince never got better. So today I made sure that we stuck with it until our transitions were consistent. Then we worked on out Change of directions. They were [to my surprise] not that bad. I think that they were better because Prince was actually paying attention to me because of the transitions we were doing. We even got 2 flying lead changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was SO cool!!!! At the end Prince was doing so well and I was confident that our Transitions and Change of directions were better then what we found them when we first started. I am excited to see what they are like next time.
So the lesson I learned today was that I have to be PERSISTENT!!!!!! Keep with it until there is a change. Like Mr. Parelli says "I have never seen it take longer then two days" So stick with it!!
Here are some pics....
I started off by playing with Twosox. I picked out all of his feet. He was a little bit unsure about me handling his back feet but pretty soon he relaxed. After that we worked on our walk/trot transitions and change of directions. The whole time there was lots of slack in the rope and for 90% of the time the belly of the rope was on the ground. Twosox is SO light and was paying attention to me the whole time. All I needed to do relax and maybe lift up my carrot stick and Twosox would slow down and if I wanted him to speed up all I had to do was lift up my life and he would speed up. It was amazing.
Our Change of directions are getting REALLY good. Twosox will pivot right into the ground and go the other way. It was amazing! I have never seen him be so athletic!! Then we worked on jumping one barrel. I put it right up next to the fence. At first Twosox wasn't to sure but then figured it out and would jump it from a stand still no problem. It was amazing how many questions Twosox was asking me. It was great!!
Then we took a little break and just spend some time together hanging out. I didn't want to overwhelm Twosox so we didn't do any more Online stuff. We did a little bit of Liberty at the end. We did some Sideways with out a fence, yo-yo games, Driving and some circles. Playing with Transitions Online really payed off because they were AMAZING at Liberty. Twosox was so in tune with me that when ever I asked him to do something it was light and he responded so well. He even jumped the one barrel twice and I was at least 10ft away!!! Our draw keeps improving. Each time it gets a little bit better. I am making sure to keep my Liberty sessions sort but also effective. So that we make a little bit of progress each time and it is really working.
After I had let Twosox go I wanted to quickly work on some Transitions and Change of Directions Online with Prince. Playing with Twosox and seeing how light and responsive he is has made me realize that I need to really work on Prince's and my Transitions and Change of directions.
So I went and got Prince. We played stick to me while we were running up the hill. Prince stayed right beside me the whole time. Then once we were in the riding ring I sent Prince over to the barrel that was still by the fence. He jumped right over it from a stand still!! That was really good for Prince because normally he will knock it when he is going over it. Then I sent Prince out on the circle. It took a while of playing around but finally we got it all working and our Transitions go really good. We ended up doing transitions on a shorter circle so that I could be effective then once Prince was paying attention and they were going better I let out a little bit of rope and we did some walk/trot/canter, both downward and upward transitions.
One thing that I noticed was that before when we would do transitions I wouldn't stick with it long enough so Prince never got better. So today I made sure that we stuck with it until our transitions were consistent. Then we worked on out Change of directions. They were [to my surprise] not that bad. I think that they were better because Prince was actually paying attention to me because of the transitions we were doing. We even got 2 flying lead changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was SO cool!!!! At the end Prince was doing so well and I was confident that our Transitions and Change of directions were better then what we found them when we first started. I am excited to see what they are like next time.
So the lesson I learned today was that I have to be PERSISTENT!!!!!! Keep with it until there is a change. Like Mr. Parelli says "I have never seen it take longer then two days" So stick with it!!
Here are some pics....
Prince
Take a look at that mane!!!
Who could resist that face??
Twosox
Ruffian!
Don't they make a great pair??
Well that is all for now! have a great day!
~K
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Riding out...
August 24 2009
Prince and I played and rode in our back field. He did so well.... except for when he took off running and went all the way home and I had to go back and get him. But other then that everything was fine.
We even played on the 45ft line for a bit. I was surprised at how well both Prince AND I did considering it has been a while since we have played on the 45. Our riding ring is to small and it gets dangerous because most of the line ends up around my feet.
We started by playing on the 22ft. We did change of directions, transitions, sideways, and traveling circles. Then we switched to the 45ft line. We did some more circles but I let Prince go out farther. He did REALLY well. Before we would totally loose connection and then we couldn't get anything done so it was great to have Prince's full attention on me. We did some really cool canter to walk transitions. Prince caught on really quickly and responded to my energy and did them almost perfectly!!!
Then we did some Figure 8's. We started like we normally do and since they were going so well I started moving farther back. I ended up about 30ft from the tires and Prince was stilling doing the Figure 8's PERFECTLY at the trot. Prince did it mostly himself. I was a lot of fun!! After that we did some Touch it on at about 30ft away. Prince knew exactly what to do so we didn't do that for to long.
Once Prince had all of his bucks out [if I don't have the saddle on him for a while then put it on him he will buck into the canter] so when he wasn't bucking anymore I got on. We walked around for a bit then did a little bit of trotting. It was only the second time that I had ever ridden in the field and the first time I didn't do any riding I just go on and left for home. So this was the first time we actually stayed in the field to ride. It was SO much fun.
My mom set up a question box so we rode that for a bit. Our riding ring is now to small to have it in there because of the round corral so we had to put it out there. At firs Prince didn't want to be directed but soon he figured that what I was asking him to do was pretty interesting. He was AMAZING!!! That was only our second time ridng the question box and Prince did it like he had been doing it all his life!!! I wasn't going to ask him to trot but he offered it a couple so I took it. It is so easy to ride his trot now. I don't even have to think about it.
We had a little bit of trouble when Knightly left, Prince wanted to go with him. I bent him but he started going sideways even with his ehad bent around. So as soon as I had the chance I got off. He then settled and I was able to get back on. Prince started to leave againg but I bend him then asked for him to disengage his hind quarters then he relaxed and we headed back to what we were doing.
After we had ridden we done riding the question box I wanted to ride home but I just wanted to ride down itot he lower part of the field. For some reason I have always wanted to do that. I don't know why but anyways I did. We walked down the hill, trotted across the flat stretch and then the plan was to trot up the hill but Prince decided that he wanted to canter up it. So before I knew what was happening we were cantering!! I can tell that I am going to need to get a lot more fluidity to ride that canter but I just keep telling myself that just like the trot it will feel really bad at first but after a while it will get better.
So then we rode home. We really need to take a saw out and cut some of those branches so that were is a little bit more room for me to fit through. You can tell that we have short horses because all of there paths are REALLY short. Oh well I only got smacked in the face.
We had to go up one steep hill on the way home. It was totally amazing to feel all the power of Prince pushing himself and me up the hill. It was indescribable. Then I wasn't to sure how it would go going down the hill but again Prince took it all in stride and walked down the hill no problem. What a wonderful horse!!!
We then trotted the rest of the way home. Then went sideways over to the gate to drop of the 45ftline that we were carrying and then I got off. It was really an amazing ride!!! Next time should be really fun too!!
~K
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Twosox!!
This morning I played with Twosox. He did really well. We didn't do a whole lot but that is okay. We worked on our Change of directions at the trot, Transitions [w/t/c], and Zone 5 driving. When we were doing Zone 5 driving we did Figure 8's, Weaving, Touch it, and even trotted a little!!! Twosox has come such along way!!
Then we went to Liberty. We did some circles, stick to me, Porcupine games, and yo-yo games. It was only the second time Twosox and I have ever done the circling game at Liberty and he did REALLY well. Our draw was a million times better today!!!! Twosox would come right to me with no hesitation.
I am making sure to take it slow and not do to long of Liberty sessions and I think it is paying off. Twosox is getting better every time!!!
~K
Then we went to Liberty. We did some circles, stick to me, Porcupine games, and yo-yo games. It was only the second time Twosox and I have ever done the circling game at Liberty and he did REALLY well. Our draw was a million times better today!!!! Twosox would come right to me with no hesitation.
I am making sure to take it slow and not do to long of Liberty sessions and I think it is paying off. Twosox is getting better every time!!!
~K
Online, Liberty and Freestyle with a LBI
August 19 2009
We had some people come over to visit and after we had visited for a while they wanted to see what we are doing with the horses. So I haltered Prince and we all went up to the riding ring. Prince and I started by played Online. We did Touch it with different zones, sideways towards and away from me, leading by the tail, zone 5 driving, and circles. Prince did so well. He was amazing!!
Then I set two barrels on end and asked Prince to jump them. This was the first time that I had asked Prince to jump only two barrels normally I have three lined up. Prince jumped it perfectly!!! We did that a couple times, the last time Prince jumped it he knocked over the out side barrel but that was no big deal. So I disengaged Prince and brought him in. After a short rest I backed him out again and was going to send him sideways but Prince took off on the circle and offered to jump the remaining barrel that was standing up!!!!! It was AMAZING!!!!!! I think I was the most surprised by it. It was incredible!!!!
Then we played at Liberty. Prince wasn't the best but he still did well. We did some circles, sideways, Touch it, sideways over a barrel, drawing in at a trot, and Transitions. Prince left twice but he always came back.
After that I climbed on bareback. It was interesting because after I had finished riding and was inside the house it kind of hit me that I had just ridden Prince. I guess I just figured that I would have some sort of confidence issue since I had just fallen off Twosox the day before.
Anyways. Prince and I did Figure 8's, Follow the rail, Point to point, trotting, Sideways, and 9 step back up. I am getting addicted to riding bareback!!! Prince was again, amazing!! Right near the end he offered to trot so I took it and we trotted for a bit. I was really surprised that I could ride Prince's trot bareback and not feel unbalanced. It was great!! Really comfy too!
I have something to work on the next time I ride too. I was trying to get Prince to put all four feet in the pedestal while I was on him. He has some it before but this time he didn't want to or didn't understand what I wanted. No problem. We played with it for a while and almost got it but not totally. So I just left it at a good spot and got off. I will know what to work on next ride! :)
Considering I wasn't planning on played with Prince he did incredibly well. I was so proud of him!!
~K
Then I set two barrels on end and asked Prince to jump them. This was the first time that I had asked Prince to jump only two barrels normally I have three lined up. Prince jumped it perfectly!!! We did that a couple times, the last time Prince jumped it he knocked over the out side barrel but that was no big deal. So I disengaged Prince and brought him in. After a short rest I backed him out again and was going to send him sideways but Prince took off on the circle and offered to jump the remaining barrel that was standing up!!!!! It was AMAZING!!!!!! I think I was the most surprised by it. It was incredible!!!!
Then we played at Liberty. Prince wasn't the best but he still did well. We did some circles, sideways, Touch it, sideways over a barrel, drawing in at a trot, and Transitions. Prince left twice but he always came back.
After that I climbed on bareback. It was interesting because after I had finished riding and was inside the house it kind of hit me that I had just ridden Prince. I guess I just figured that I would have some sort of confidence issue since I had just fallen off Twosox the day before.
Anyways. Prince and I did Figure 8's, Follow the rail, Point to point, trotting, Sideways, and 9 step back up. I am getting addicted to riding bareback!!! Prince was again, amazing!! Right near the end he offered to trot so I took it and we trotted for a bit. I was really surprised that I could ride Prince's trot bareback and not feel unbalanced. It was great!! Really comfy too!
I have something to work on the next time I ride too. I was trying to get Prince to put all four feet in the pedestal while I was on him. He has some it before but this time he didn't want to or didn't understand what I wanted. No problem. We played with it for a while and almost got it but not totally. So I just left it at a good spot and got off. I will know what to work on next ride! :)
Considering I wasn't planning on played with Prince he did incredibly well. I was so proud of him!!
~K
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Scary rabbits that hide in the woods....
So you may be wondering what is up with the title.... well let me explain.......
On Tuesday I played with and rode Twosox. We had an amazing play time on the ground, we played Online and at Liberty. We had a great ride too.... until the scary rabbits that were hiding in the woods decided to pop out and freak Twosox out, which made him jump sideways 10ft and in turn made me go 3ft the other direction. Yes ,I successfully had my second fall in my three years of owning horses. Not bad I would say. I didn't hit my head, thankfully but when I landed on the ground I landed on my arms so when ever I lift of push down on something it hurts, plus I am pretty sure I got whiplash so my neck is hurting but other then that I am totally fine. The best part of all is that I am not suffering from any lack of confidence. After I was able to breath again and after checking to make sure Twosox was okay I got back up on Twosox. Now I would NOT have gotten up again if I had felt even the tiniest bit of fear or lack of confidence but since I felt totally relaxed and confident I got back up. We just stood there for a couple minutes that I asked Twosox to walk forward a couple steps then I bend him to a stop and got off.
Now before all the above happened everything was going very well. Twosox and I did transitions, change of directions, stick to me, Touch it, and sideways while we were playing Online then I decided to try some Liberty. Since I knew that our draw wasn't the best we just did close range things. Twosox will stick with me but when he gets more then about 5ft away from me he get unconfident and isn't really sure what to do. So we did different kinds of friendly games then we did some porcupine games and a little bit of driving. Plus some Touch it. Twosox did really really well. I was really proud of him.
So then I got on. Now before I got on I realized that I was wearing running shoes so I got on but I didn't put me feet in the stirrups. Now the interesting thing is that when ever I have ridden in my Wintec Wide before it hasn't been as comfortable as I would have liked but since I didn't have my feet in the stirrups it was amazingly comfortable. Hmmmmmm How interesting!!!! So after a little bit of experimenting I found out that my stirrups were to short and so that was what was making me feel uncomfortable when ever I rode.
For the whole ride I tried to use as little of my reins as possible. Twosox did really well and responded so well. We did some figure 8's and follow the rail to start with. The figure 8 pattern is SO much better then last time we did it. Twosox responded a lot better to my carrot stick and wasn't as impulsive. We only rode in the round corral area. Twosox seemed to do much better in the smaller area.
Pretty much all of what we did was at the walk. I want to focus on getting Twosox really confident at the walk then we can focus on the trot. So we only did a little bit of trotting. It was interesting though because I have only ridden Twosox's trot bareback once so even though I was riding in a saddle this time I didn't have my feet in the stirrups. It wasn't to hard to sit but it was a little bouncy.
After that we played around with some carrot stick riding. I had my savvy string on my carrot stick so that was new for Twosox but he did really well. I did some extreme friendly game, that was new too. Twosox did so well. I was really proud of him.
Then that is when the rabbits decided to come out of hiding and spook Twosox. It was actually a good time to fall off.... if there is ever a good time to fall off a horse ;) because I didn't have my feet in the stirrups and I wasn't holding my reins so I couldn't get caught up or anything.
So after I had recovered, gotten back on and walked around for a bit then gotten off I decided to do a little bit of undemanding time with Twosox. He stayed with me for most of it then near the end he left, went over to the pedestal and climbed up on it. I didn't see him at first because he was behind me but then I looked over and there he was standing up on the pedestal looking at me and asking a questions. He was so cute!!! What a special boy!!!!
So all in all it was a really good play time. Twosox is coming a long so well!!!
~K
On Tuesday I played with and rode Twosox. We had an amazing play time on the ground, we played Online and at Liberty. We had a great ride too.... until the scary rabbits that were hiding in the woods decided to pop out and freak Twosox out, which made him jump sideways 10ft and in turn made me go 3ft the other direction. Yes ,I successfully had my second fall in my three years of owning horses. Not bad I would say. I didn't hit my head, thankfully but when I landed on the ground I landed on my arms so when ever I lift of push down on something it hurts, plus I am pretty sure I got whiplash so my neck is hurting but other then that I am totally fine. The best part of all is that I am not suffering from any lack of confidence. After I was able to breath again and after checking to make sure Twosox was okay I got back up on Twosox. Now I would NOT have gotten up again if I had felt even the tiniest bit of fear or lack of confidence but since I felt totally relaxed and confident I got back up. We just stood there for a couple minutes that I asked Twosox to walk forward a couple steps then I bend him to a stop and got off.
Now before all the above happened everything was going very well. Twosox and I did transitions, change of directions, stick to me, Touch it, and sideways while we were playing Online then I decided to try some Liberty. Since I knew that our draw wasn't the best we just did close range things. Twosox will stick with me but when he gets more then about 5ft away from me he get unconfident and isn't really sure what to do. So we did different kinds of friendly games then we did some porcupine games and a little bit of driving. Plus some Touch it. Twosox did really really well. I was really proud of him.
So then I got on. Now before I got on I realized that I was wearing running shoes so I got on but I didn't put me feet in the stirrups. Now the interesting thing is that when ever I have ridden in my Wintec Wide before it hasn't been as comfortable as I would have liked but since I didn't have my feet in the stirrups it was amazingly comfortable. Hmmmmmm How interesting!!!! So after a little bit of experimenting I found out that my stirrups were to short and so that was what was making me feel uncomfortable when ever I rode.
For the whole ride I tried to use as little of my reins as possible. Twosox did really well and responded so well. We did some figure 8's and follow the rail to start with. The figure 8 pattern is SO much better then last time we did it. Twosox responded a lot better to my carrot stick and wasn't as impulsive. We only rode in the round corral area. Twosox seemed to do much better in the smaller area.
Pretty much all of what we did was at the walk. I want to focus on getting Twosox really confident at the walk then we can focus on the trot. So we only did a little bit of trotting. It was interesting though because I have only ridden Twosox's trot bareback once so even though I was riding in a saddle this time I didn't have my feet in the stirrups. It wasn't to hard to sit but it was a little bouncy.
After that we played around with some carrot stick riding. I had my savvy string on my carrot stick so that was new for Twosox but he did really well. I did some extreme friendly game, that was new too. Twosox did so well. I was really proud of him.
Then that is when the rabbits decided to come out of hiding and spook Twosox. It was actually a good time to fall off.... if there is ever a good time to fall off a horse ;) because I didn't have my feet in the stirrups and I wasn't holding my reins so I couldn't get caught up or anything.
So after I had recovered, gotten back on and walked around for a bit then gotten off I decided to do a little bit of undemanding time with Twosox. He stayed with me for most of it then near the end he left, went over to the pedestal and climbed up on it. I didn't see him at first because he was behind me but then I looked over and there he was standing up on the pedestal looking at me and asking a questions. He was so cute!!! What a special boy!!!!
So all in all it was a really good play time. Twosox is coming a long so well!!!
~K
Monday, August 17, 2009
Liberty at last!!
So this morning I wasn't planning on playing with a horse... I was going to cut the grass but then I decided to quickly say hi to the horses and then set up the round corral in our riding ring. Prince came over to meet me. We we spent some time hanging out together then the other horses came over.
After spending some time with all the horses I grabbed the pickets and electric fence wire and headed up to the riding ring. I have been putting off doing this for so long because I didn't want to make our 100x55ft riding ring even smaller by putting a round corral in. But it needed to be done so I did it. I even turned it on so that Prince would get zapped once then not go through it when we were playing at Liberty. So after that was done I just had to try it out right? I couldn't leave it not being used so I went down to the corral and caught Prince. We did stick to me up the hill. It was really funny because there was a small tree branch that was lying on the hill and there was this little branch sticking up from me it was maybe 1 1/2 inches around and so when we were trotting up the hill Prince jumped it!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!
We played Online for a bit. We did some amazing Transitions and Change of directions Online, I asked Prince to jump one barrel lying down. At first he as like "Do I have to?" Each time he got a little better then the last time he jumped right over it, didn't even touch the barrel then he turned and faced me and asked a question. What a special boy!!!
Our leading by the tail is getting so much lighter!! Prince will back up lightly and quickly. Is is great!! We are now working on drawing backwards from zone 5. Prince will do about 4 steps then stall a little bit. But we are getting there.
Then we did some Stick to me, sideways towards and away from me, circles, transitions [which were AMAZING! Prince was SO in tune with me all I did was relax and he would slow down and our upward transitions were totally cool too!!!] We also did change of directions, leading by the tail and Touch it at Liberty. I think I will have to keep our Liberty sessions a little shorter then today's.
After we were done playing at Liberty Prince and I played around with mounting by the neck. Prince was totally fine with me jumping on him neck but as soon as I was on his neck he would lower his neck even farther and I would slid down. It was funny! We kept playing with it and I was able to get up about 4 times successfully!!!! A couple times he would walk forwards a little bit not bad for the first day!!
Then we rode around for a bit. We didn't do to much. Prince was responding SO well to my body and I hardly had to use the reins. Now all we have to do is get our stopping better then we are ready for brideless!!! Hmmmm that doesn't sound quite right....a LBI that needs help stopping.... hehe but it is true! Prince will go and go and go but stopping is what we have a little bit more trouble with. Oh well I love having something to work on!!!!
It was SO hot when we were done playing. But thankfully the bugs weren't to bad. We are getting our summer in August! It is supposed to be cooling down now not getting warmer!!!! Oh well, as long as September is fall like I will be happy. I don't want it it to feel like the middle of summer on my Birthday ;)
~K
After spending some time with all the horses I grabbed the pickets and electric fence wire and headed up to the riding ring. I have been putting off doing this for so long because I didn't want to make our 100x55ft riding ring even smaller by putting a round corral in. But it needed to be done so I did it. I even turned it on so that Prince would get zapped once then not go through it when we were playing at Liberty. So after that was done I just had to try it out right? I couldn't leave it not being used so I went down to the corral and caught Prince. We did stick to me up the hill. It was really funny because there was a small tree branch that was lying on the hill and there was this little branch sticking up from me it was maybe 1 1/2 inches around and so when we were trotting up the hill Prince jumped it!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!
We played Online for a bit. We did some amazing Transitions and Change of directions Online, I asked Prince to jump one barrel lying down. At first he as like "Do I have to?" Each time he got a little better then the last time he jumped right over it, didn't even touch the barrel then he turned and faced me and asked a question. What a special boy!!!
Our leading by the tail is getting so much lighter!! Prince will back up lightly and quickly. Is is great!! We are now working on drawing backwards from zone 5. Prince will do about 4 steps then stall a little bit. But we are getting there.
Then we did some Stick to me, sideways towards and away from me, circles, transitions [which were AMAZING! Prince was SO in tune with me all I did was relax and he would slow down and our upward transitions were totally cool too!!!] We also did change of directions, leading by the tail and Touch it at Liberty. I think I will have to keep our Liberty sessions a little shorter then today's.
After we were done playing at Liberty Prince and I played around with mounting by the neck. Prince was totally fine with me jumping on him neck but as soon as I was on his neck he would lower his neck even farther and I would slid down. It was funny! We kept playing with it and I was able to get up about 4 times successfully!!!! A couple times he would walk forwards a little bit not bad for the first day!!
Then we rode around for a bit. We didn't do to much. Prince was responding SO well to my body and I hardly had to use the reins. Now all we have to do is get our stopping better then we are ready for brideless!!! Hmmmm that doesn't sound quite right....a LBI that needs help stopping.... hehe but it is true! Prince will go and go and go but stopping is what we have a little bit more trouble with. Oh well I love having something to work on!!!!
It was SO hot when we were done playing. But thankfully the bugs weren't to bad. We are getting our summer in August! It is supposed to be cooling down now not getting warmer!!!! Oh well, as long as September is fall like I will be happy. I don't want it it to feel like the middle of summer on my Birthday ;)
~K
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