Well yesterday was probably the first time I've felt like Lindsay was a bit perturbed with me. It happens though, it's hard to feel in love every moment, even with those we are madly in love with.
We rode really late, edge of dark and the bugs were thick..one even flew in my eye..that joker stung like crazy! No telling how much they were driving her nuts :( But we plowed through the thick haze of bugs and still got in a productive ride.
I started for the first time really riding both sides of her...Up until now I'd ask her to follow her nose and leg yield and move her shoulders, rib cage and hips over, but always off my inside aids more so....never giving her a stopping point, just letting that energy leak out. In the beginning I like to give them a chance to get really supple and bendy and I don't mind that energy leaking out, it seems to help them really understand what I want....and I Love a limber, bendy horse..do not want to discourage that at all :) But now she pretty well understood how to move off my inside aids and it was time to add some outside, to give her a stopping point, a wall to be pushed into. We worked lots on riding perfectly straight...or as perfect as possible and riding off my outside aids more than inside. For quite some time it seemed as if it was not going to sink in, but towards the end..even in the midst of the thick bugs and the now pitch black dark it did. We managed to ride some really straight lines down the center line and diagonals. It was good to see that even in times where most horses would have pitched a major temper tantrum..especially at her level of training.. Lindsay held her own..and even though frustrated, she pushed through and we ended on a very good note....still in love :)
Today we rode again and started w/ the same concept of riding more off my outside aids and riding both sides of her. We practiced octagonal circles at the walk and trot using mostly my outside aids to turn and only guiding with my inside rein if absolutely necessary. That was a fabulous exercise for her and she really seemed to understand the concept. She also seemed to have digested last nights lesson and was much more understanding in general regarding the outside aids. Man did it make a difference when we stepped into the canter. Having more control of that shoulder enabled me to set her body up much better for her canter depart and we started getting much nicer, quicker transitions up..and on the correct lead :) She also was much better about not popping her shoulder out at the canter and drifting wider, she really let me hold that shoulder in w/ my outside leg and rein. I was so pleased with her! She is really starting to feel like an educated horse underneath me when we ride...and I believe we are at ride #14 today...she amazes me more each day! Every time we add a new "Tool" to our toolbox of cues she gets so much more athletic feeling and coordinated under me. She is becoming quite the mount :)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Day 29 ~ In The Sticks
Trail Ride Today :) My husband rode his Walker and I took off on Lindsay. We rode off the back of our property and our little Fiest, Betty, came along as well. We had a blast. Met up w/ some friends and the 4 of us rode for about an hour or so. Lindsay was great in the back of the group or the front..We started in the back and she seemed very comfortable there, but once we moved up front oh she got excited! She seemed to love leading the pack and really picked up the pace as if she couldn't wait to see what was around the next corner! We walked over some big logs and through some relatively dense area of woods with the limbs rubbing our sides and my face! She was so good, just blazed right on through and honestly seemed excited to be out there. Her walk is so strong and forward I just love it. You can tell you covering ground and getting somewhere. Everything she does has a purpose, even when she's simply going from point A to point B, she is determined to go from A to B the best way she can..I love that about her.
She's pretty good with the other horses around her too, certainly not afraid of them...she seems to assume they should be afraid of her! She reminds me of a boss mare when she looks at them, it's like she simply knows she's the top of the totem pole and doesn't even discuss it with the others... they should simply know to, it's just the way it is..and I believe they do. I have a feeling she was a lead mare out in the wild, I bet she was a protective Mother too...and a very good one at that.
After we got back I let her rest in front of her fan for a bit then pulled her back out to work in the ring. We worked lots and moving off my leg and rein on her neck and it really started to click today. She was doing some fabulous leg yields and half passes. I even started to ask her to cross over a bit in the front and come on around with her front end a little quicker. She picked up on that pretty well and a few times I felt her shoulders lift and swing around pretty snappy! Oh I am Sooooo excited for the day when she's ready to spin!! I really think she's going to be a natural.
We finished up and when I untacked her in the barn Mike came up and rubbed her face. She was much better about him approaching her, she's still not 100% certain about it, but Way better than before.
Excited about tomorrow, we are going to start jumping this week :)
She's pretty good with the other horses around her too, certainly not afraid of them...she seems to assume they should be afraid of her! She reminds me of a boss mare when she looks at them, it's like she simply knows she's the top of the totem pole and doesn't even discuss it with the others... they should simply know to, it's just the way it is..and I believe they do. I have a feeling she was a lead mare out in the wild, I bet she was a protective Mother too...and a very good one at that.
After we got back I let her rest in front of her fan for a bit then pulled her back out to work in the ring. We worked lots and moving off my leg and rein on her neck and it really started to click today. She was doing some fabulous leg yields and half passes. I even started to ask her to cross over a bit in the front and come on around with her front end a little quicker. She picked up on that pretty well and a few times I felt her shoulders lift and swing around pretty snappy! Oh I am Sooooo excited for the day when she's ready to spin!! I really think she's going to be a natural.
We finished up and when I untacked her in the barn Mike came up and rubbed her face. She was much better about him approaching her, she's still not 100% certain about it, but Way better than before.
Excited about tomorrow, we are going to start jumping this week :)
Day ~ 28 First Public Outing
What a day, What a Mustang :) We loaded up early and hauled to Equine Country USA, a farm ~an hour up the road where they were having an open horse show. I first gave Lindsay a quick bath before we left home and was so pleased to see she was oblivious to Samantha P (our pig) Sharing her bath water...under her feet LOL Her relationship with Samantha P has come a long way since May 8th! After our bath she loaded in the trailer and on the road we went. She hauled pretty quiet and after a bit of confusion explaining to the show staff why her coggins looked so funny we were on the grounds.
Fortunately for use it was really a small show, really perfect facility w/ multiple arenas to ride in. I unloaded and tacked her up beside the trailer, hopped on and off we walked to the ring. She really seemed excited and walked through the dark, shady path from the parking to the ring with more forward than I expected...she seemed ready to check out the scene. We first rode over and into their 60 foot round pen and trotted and loped a few circles..we then headed to the big warm up pen and walked round and round soaking up all the sights. There was an announcers stand that stood tall beside us that was our primary focus of attention, but it became less interesting w/ each passing. We trotted lots of large circles, did some serpentines and even trotted all the way around on the rail. They had some poles on the ground so we took advantage and trotted over those...we even picked up a canter and made quite a few laps around the arena..we included some poles in the canter as well. I asked Lindsay for a stop out of a pretty forward canter and man did she tuck her hind end deep. She even slide a little and walked with her front in remaining forward in her stop. What a natural she is, I was so impressed! Her talent, try and responsiveness makes her so much fun to sit on no matter what we do.
Once they finished up the hunters we went in the main ring during open arena and checked it out. She looked at a few things like the mailbox on the rail and ribbons at the in gate, but after one or two looks she was over it. She really was not to phased by the other horses, but there weren't many of them..she is mostly preoccupied with strangers. She really did much better with that too though, she got rather close to the rail even w/ people leaning on it towards the end.
A friend offered us her horse ball to take home and play with! I am so excited!!! Not sure that Lindsay is, but I think she will be. She has developed much more of a curiosity for things now that we ride out of the round pen so often. She loves the great outdoors no doubt!
After we finished up I sponged her off and she drank lots from her water tub!! That is way exciting and a huge asset to her safety on the road! She loaded up well and homeward bound we went.
I let her stay in front of her fan the rest of the day and she really seemed much more content there than yesterday. I turned her out tonight and she seemed thrilled to get to roll really good in her black Kelly dirt!
She continues to amaze me...I am going to have to get a thesaurus to keep from being so repetitive when bragging on her, but I simply can't say enough. I love each and every little thing about her. Can not wait 'till tomorrow!
Fortunately for use it was really a small show, really perfect facility w/ multiple arenas to ride in. I unloaded and tacked her up beside the trailer, hopped on and off we walked to the ring. She really seemed excited and walked through the dark, shady path from the parking to the ring with more forward than I expected...she seemed ready to check out the scene. We first rode over and into their 60 foot round pen and trotted and loped a few circles..we then headed to the big warm up pen and walked round and round soaking up all the sights. There was an announcers stand that stood tall beside us that was our primary focus of attention, but it became less interesting w/ each passing. We trotted lots of large circles, did some serpentines and even trotted all the way around on the rail. They had some poles on the ground so we took advantage and trotted over those...we even picked up a canter and made quite a few laps around the arena..we included some poles in the canter as well. I asked Lindsay for a stop out of a pretty forward canter and man did she tuck her hind end deep. She even slide a little and walked with her front in remaining forward in her stop. What a natural she is, I was so impressed! Her talent, try and responsiveness makes her so much fun to sit on no matter what we do.
Once they finished up the hunters we went in the main ring during open arena and checked it out. She looked at a few things like the mailbox on the rail and ribbons at the in gate, but after one or two looks she was over it. She really was not to phased by the other horses, but there weren't many of them..she is mostly preoccupied with strangers. She really did much better with that too though, she got rather close to the rail even w/ people leaning on it towards the end.
A friend offered us her horse ball to take home and play with! I am so excited!!! Not sure that Lindsay is, but I think she will be. She has developed much more of a curiosity for things now that we ride out of the round pen so often. She loves the great outdoors no doubt!
After we finished up I sponged her off and she drank lots from her water tub!! That is way exciting and a huge asset to her safety on the road! She loaded up well and homeward bound we went.
I let her stay in front of her fan the rest of the day and she really seemed much more content there than yesterday. I turned her out tonight and she seemed thrilled to get to roll really good in her black Kelly dirt!
She continues to amaze me...I am going to have to get a thesaurus to keep from being so repetitive when bragging on her, but I simply can't say enough. I love each and every little thing about her. Can not wait 'till tomorrow!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Day 27 ~ Oh Domesticated Life
Well we spent our first day in the barn today. Lindsay has been staying outside in her paddock, but I've been wanting to get her adjusted to being in a stall as well. Not that she'll spend the majority of her time there..and in the long run will be out on pasture, which I know will make her very happy :).. but I wanted her to realize the stall is a safe place to be. She was a bit nervous walking into the barn, but she was brave and over came her fears walking on in the barn and then into her freshly bedded stall. I turned her fan on high b/c it was a hot day and gave her some hay and let her settle. She was a bit anxious at first, but much quieter than many babies I've stalled for the first time. After about 30 minutes I came out to find her standing square in front of her fan with that salt n pepper mane blowing in the breeze! So happy to see that :)She stayed in her stall in front of her fan during the heat of the day then around 7 pm once it was cooled down I pulled her out.
This time we groomed in the barn aisle...we have been doing all this in the round pen...She wanted to be fidgety a little initially, just wasn't sure what was going on, but I encouraged her to ground tie and stand in the middle of the ally way and she obliged quickly. I curried her well and picked her feet out. I also went ahead and gave her a trim today. I did not touch her w/ the nippers, didn't need to..just used the rasp. I rounded her front toes a good bit as they were getting a little long. I had balanced out that high inside wall on her front right the other day. It appears there is an old abscess growing out and that side just took off growing w/ that abscess. She does not conformationally load the inside of that foot and really watching her travel does not make me feel like she has any reason to have a higher wall on the inside, it was like her body knew it needed to get that old abscess grown out asap so it just speed up growing! So, I rounded her walls up and rolled her front toes. On her back feet she needed a little balancing on her right as well, so I leveled it and rounded the wall softly, but did not back or roll the hind toes as much. I really like the way her hind feet are naturally shaped (as well as the front for that matter) and I felt like if I backed her toe up it would cause her to knuckle over to much when she stops. She is Really liking putting on the brakes and using her hind end gears, do not want to discourage that!
We then fly sprayed and tacked up and off we went. I hopped on her cold turkey this time, no round pen work, and she stepped off like a pro :) We did some flexing in the small ring first and started to initiate some shoulder yielding. She has been a bit more flexible and malleable tracking right from the start..this was apparent at liberty in the round pen, but she is becoming much looser tracking left as well. We worked a lot on moving her shoulders away from my rein and leg. We then worked in the big arena and cantered some big circles both ways. She was a very good girl. Once we finished up we cooled down by walking all around the barn yard and where Mike's tractor implements are to see some new things. We even worked on picking up a rope off of the post it was hanging on. That did scare her at first. So far I have always introduced new objects to her from the ground, never have I picked up something while sitting on her... but after she thought for a moment she really seemed to realize all way ok and settled back down. We picked the rope up and hung it back up numerous times and finished our ride by riding up and into the barn. (Our aisle has quite good clearance to do so)
I rinsed her off and we loaded on and off the trailer a few times, practicing having her wait for me to unload and she was quite the good girl so we called it a day. It's amazing to me we haven't even hit the 30 day mark and she is already reminding me of a domestic horse in many ways..she even likes to try and get a scratch as I am pulling off her sweaty bridle LOL She still remains more sensitive and "in tune" to me than most domestic horses though and she is maturing into quite the fabulous ride :)Love her more every day!
This time we groomed in the barn aisle...we have been doing all this in the round pen...She wanted to be fidgety a little initially, just wasn't sure what was going on, but I encouraged her to ground tie and stand in the middle of the ally way and she obliged quickly. I curried her well and picked her feet out. I also went ahead and gave her a trim today. I did not touch her w/ the nippers, didn't need to..just used the rasp. I rounded her front toes a good bit as they were getting a little long. I had balanced out that high inside wall on her front right the other day. It appears there is an old abscess growing out and that side just took off growing w/ that abscess. She does not conformationally load the inside of that foot and really watching her travel does not make me feel like she has any reason to have a higher wall on the inside, it was like her body knew it needed to get that old abscess grown out asap so it just speed up growing! So, I rounded her walls up and rolled her front toes. On her back feet she needed a little balancing on her right as well, so I leveled it and rounded the wall softly, but did not back or roll the hind toes as much. I really like the way her hind feet are naturally shaped (as well as the front for that matter) and I felt like if I backed her toe up it would cause her to knuckle over to much when she stops. She is Really liking putting on the brakes and using her hind end gears, do not want to discourage that!
We then fly sprayed and tacked up and off we went. I hopped on her cold turkey this time, no round pen work, and she stepped off like a pro :) We did some flexing in the small ring first and started to initiate some shoulder yielding. She has been a bit more flexible and malleable tracking right from the start..this was apparent at liberty in the round pen, but she is becoming much looser tracking left as well. We worked a lot on moving her shoulders away from my rein and leg. We then worked in the big arena and cantered some big circles both ways. She was a very good girl. Once we finished up we cooled down by walking all around the barn yard and where Mike's tractor implements are to see some new things. We even worked on picking up a rope off of the post it was hanging on. That did scare her at first. So far I have always introduced new objects to her from the ground, never have I picked up something while sitting on her... but after she thought for a moment she really seemed to realize all way ok and settled back down. We picked the rope up and hung it back up numerous times and finished our ride by riding up and into the barn. (Our aisle has quite good clearance to do so)
I rinsed her off and we loaded on and off the trailer a few times, practicing having her wait for me to unload and she was quite the good girl so we called it a day. It's amazing to me we haven't even hit the 30 day mark and she is already reminding me of a domestic horse in many ways..she even likes to try and get a scratch as I am pulling off her sweaty bridle LOL She still remains more sensitive and "in tune" to me than most domestic horses though and she is maturing into quite the fabulous ride :)Love her more every day!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day 26 ~ Field Trip!!!
We went on our first off the farm "Field Trip" today! We loaded up, very nicely, and hauled 30 miles up the road to a friend's farm (Thank you Joy!) Lindsay unloaded great and we hand walked around Joy's farm soaking up the sights. Lindsay was a bit afraid to walk into the barn, but it didn't take to much convincing and she was in! We rode a little in the round pen first and then the barn yard...even over another puddle :) When we finished up I used Joys "Official measuring stick"...(with the little air bubble to level it and all!)... to see just how tall our girl is. She thought that thing was a new scary monster at first, but realized pretty quick it was not... She sticks dead on 14.2 inches and a half an inch! Glad we don't have future plans of being a hunter pony! We'd be outta luck! I think she's gonna like the western events a bit more in the long run anyway.. the way she wants to stick her butt in the dirt!...Anyway, then it was back on the trailer and home. I was very pleased at how well she did. She was Very excited to be home though and jumped off the trailer a wee bit quicker than I wanted, we'll work on that, but I was happy to see her excited.
We rode again at the house and loped lots of circles, LOVING the feel of her lope! She is really following her nose nice and stays soft and round at the lope, just as she does at the trot and jog. Her "Whoa" from that lope is something else too...this girl loves to sit down deep and I'm loving it! Talk about fun!! Can't wait for tomorrow and the weekend..we will have to haul somewhere for sure :)
We rode again at the house and loped lots of circles, LOVING the feel of her lope! She is really following her nose nice and stays soft and round at the lope, just as she does at the trot and jog. Her "Whoa" from that lope is something else too...this girl loves to sit down deep and I'm loving it! Talk about fun!! Can't wait for tomorrow and the weekend..we will have to haul somewhere for sure :)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day 25 ~ 4 Wheel Hoovin' It :)
What a wonderful day! we got much needed rain and you could almost witness the grass jump higher. It raining steady until about 7 pm and as soon as it slacked Lindsay and I were off on our ride! She was feeling her "Triple Crown" today LOL But didn't buck at all, just feeling good and even tossed her head around a bit when I sent her off around the round pen a time or two. I hopped on and we went out in the big, open ring. It has by far the best ground, even though it was sloppy wet it still holds. We practiced some light leg yielding and turns on the forehand and then Cantered!!! In the open arena, first time ever!!! It felt fabulous! I was thrilled to feel her canter is so naturally balanced. In the round pen it's a bit rigid, but it's a 40 foot round pen, really tough to lope in their unless you are a finished western pleasure horse. Well, I had nothing to be concerned about, her canter is simply amazing! Very free and forward, yet not rushed, very coordinated and she travels with this naturally level top-line all the time. The more I sit on her the more she reminds me of a reiner...I could have fun with that!
I have been fortunate enough to sit on quite a few horses and I must say when I sit on one that just feels good underneath me I know it from the start. She is every bit one of those. Very supple and soft, forward, relaxed in body and mind and covers ground. I know I go on and on about how much I adore her, but honestly I just Love to sit on her...feel like I could do it all day. She is one of those horses that gives you a good place to sit so to speak...she is so naturally balanced it is easy to be balanced on top of her. Oh it is simply heaven on board! After we cantered circles in the muddy ring we tromped through our now even larger mud puddles in the road and then we went over and watched Mike change the hubs on the truck. I think Lindsay liked him squatting on the ground, she seemed to enjoy that! We then hand grazed and back to her paddock she went.
Plus...our Soft-Ride boots arrived today! So excited to wear them when we haul long distances. They are amazing boots, really a necessity for any horse that hauls to horse shows or trail rides. Makes that rough trailer ride so much more comfortable! Check out www.soft-ride.com If you try them you will not know how you ever lived without them. Rox, my barrel mare loves hers and I can honestly tell a difference in her when she hauls in them, she is much more limber and "free" just stepping off the trailer. It's truly a must have product!
Hopefully if the rain holds out we will go an a little road trip tomorrow! Excited!!!
I have been fortunate enough to sit on quite a few horses and I must say when I sit on one that just feels good underneath me I know it from the start. She is every bit one of those. Very supple and soft, forward, relaxed in body and mind and covers ground. I know I go on and on about how much I adore her, but honestly I just Love to sit on her...feel like I could do it all day. She is one of those horses that gives you a good place to sit so to speak...she is so naturally balanced it is easy to be balanced on top of her. Oh it is simply heaven on board! After we cantered circles in the muddy ring we tromped through our now even larger mud puddles in the road and then we went over and watched Mike change the hubs on the truck. I think Lindsay liked him squatting on the ground, she seemed to enjoy that! We then hand grazed and back to her paddock she went.
Plus...our Soft-Ride boots arrived today! So excited to wear them when we haul long distances. They are amazing boots, really a necessity for any horse that hauls to horse shows or trail rides. Makes that rough trailer ride so much more comfortable! Check out www.soft-ride.com If you try them you will not know how you ever lived without them. Rox, my barrel mare loves hers and I can honestly tell a difference in her when she hauls in them, she is much more limber and "free" just stepping off the trailer. It's truly a must have product!
Hopefully if the rain holds out we will go an a little road trip tomorrow! Excited!!!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Day 23 & 24 ~ All Aboard
Well yesterday, day 23 we worked on trailer loading. Lindsay was not even comfortable approaching it at first, but we had done lots of work on our "Showmanship" routine, which is my favorite way to teach a horse to load. She understood that when I pushed my hand forward she was expected to catch up to my hand. So we walked as close to the trailer as she was comfortable and I would ask for one more step than she was totally comfortable with. Her "Try" is just huge and even though she was afraid she took that one step into that scary zone closer to the trailer! Once she was there I rubbed on her lots and talked to her reiterating this was a happy place to be. I would then ask her to back and then walk forward again, each time our step into the scary zone became closer to the base of the trailer. After a while we were all the way at the base and her front legs were almost touching the bumper! As she become comfortable in that spot I encouraged her to sniff in the trailer all she wanted. As long as she was exploring on her own I did not get in her way. She actually did that for quite a while before she become pretty comfortable with her head stretched all the way inside the trailer. I then asked for yet another step. Of course this time her leg bumped the trailer and it rattled. This startled her and she went to shoot away, but when I asked, she came all the way back quickly and tried again....Again her degree of "Try" really does amaze me... She continued for quite a while bumping her legs on the trailer and was doing a bit of a dance with all fours in just about the same spot all shifting up and down as she desperately tried to analyze how in the world she would do what I was requesting. It was clear she understood I wanted her to go forward into the trailer, but up until this point she had never had to pick her feet a foot off the ground to go where I wanted her to go. So she danced and as long as it was obvious she was trying I let her try and did not push harder. She was pushing herself plenty :) Before long she jumped up and both front feet were in! She stood there wide eyed and looked around, rather tense, but taking it all in. I just praised her and let her make the decision if she wanted to go further or back out...either way was totally ok at this point. She opted to back and as she came to the ground she jumped back a little at the rattling of the trailer. She re-grouped quickly and I asked her to approach yet again, and again after a bit of a dance she jumped in with both front feet...and backed out again...The third time when both front feet were on and after she had relaxed I asked for another step forward. She obliged and stepped all the way on and we were in! She was relatively calm inside and we practiced walking forward to the front of the trailer as well as backing up to the back, but not off. I prefer to encourage horses to come off front ways, at least at first so that when they are tied they are not anticipating backing off. She stepped very quietly down and we loaded a couple more times with no hesitation :)
We then rode and even trotted circles in the open large arena. After we finished up we followed Mike around the pen some more and Lindsay let him touch her a few times with less apprehension than the night before.
On to today, number 24 day and number 7 ride I believe...need to go back and count. We did lots of ground work walking over a trap as well as kicking our trusty noodles around. She was really good crossing the tarp, but when I picked it up it became monstrous. I did lots of tossing it around, then throwing it on the ground and encouraging her to walk over it...She really seemed to enjoy the walking over it part and even pawed it and grabbed it with her teeth towards the end. It was as if she was being certain that big scary thing was good and dead... unfortunately I kept picking it up and bringing it back to life, but each time she seemed more confident and thoroughly enjoyed stomping the "life" out of it yet again LOL
We also practiced backing through cones, ended up going really well...but we sure need to be practicing that stuff. Lindsay does her best to figure out what I want and sometimes I'd ask a little and she'd give way more than I expected. After a while we were backing through them well though.
We rode out in the big arena trotted lots of circles, began to introduce a little leg yielding and trotted over poles. We even did some turns on the forehand :) After we worked quite a while we took advantage of all the rain and crossed some good ole mud puddles in the drive way. She was hesitant at first, but it didn't take long and she was splashing her way right on through.
It has been a great couple of days..excited to start taking her out to see the world! I think the time is nearing...
We then rode and even trotted circles in the open large arena. After we finished up we followed Mike around the pen some more and Lindsay let him touch her a few times with less apprehension than the night before.
On to today, number 24 day and number 7 ride I believe...need to go back and count. We did lots of ground work walking over a trap as well as kicking our trusty noodles around. She was really good crossing the tarp, but when I picked it up it became monstrous. I did lots of tossing it around, then throwing it on the ground and encouraging her to walk over it...She really seemed to enjoy the walking over it part and even pawed it and grabbed it with her teeth towards the end. It was as if she was being certain that big scary thing was good and dead... unfortunately I kept picking it up and bringing it back to life, but each time she seemed more confident and thoroughly enjoyed stomping the "life" out of it yet again LOL
We also practiced backing through cones, ended up going really well...but we sure need to be practicing that stuff. Lindsay does her best to figure out what I want and sometimes I'd ask a little and she'd give way more than I expected. After a while we were backing through them well though.
We rode out in the big arena trotted lots of circles, began to introduce a little leg yielding and trotted over poles. We even did some turns on the forehand :) After we worked quite a while we took advantage of all the rain and crossed some good ole mud puddles in the drive way. She was hesitant at first, but it didn't take long and she was splashing her way right on through.
It has been a great couple of days..excited to start taking her out to see the world! I think the time is nearing...
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