Things are changed up now!
Aslan loves the new treats. I've been cutting up apple and sweet potato and trying to alternate that with the extruded feed treats. He...
Working on "other" stuff
True to my word, today we worked on “other” stuff. Walk beside me –he’s pretty good at this one. He was trying to watch carefully what I...
Keeping it fun
Aslan has been regressing in certain behaviors and demonstrating that he isn't having fun via evasions during mount up. This has...
First Canter and changing things up
To start the lesson, I changed things up a bit so he wouldn't be so bored or resistant, and hopefully I wouldn't have to use the...
Outside Rides!
Aslan and I have had our first two outside rides. I didn't really have expectations except, "Let's see how this goes." I kept him in...
Square Corners
We had an opportunity to work on square corners. They are looking much better, at the walk anyway. The trot still needs more work, when...
Dressage lesson #2
Yay the time change means more daylight when I go to the barn late! I am so tired of trying to avoid ice and mud in the dark! A...
Being "training flexible"
After the issue the other day I tried to be a bit more flexible this time. Instead of boring Aslan with a bunch of transition circles...
Listen to your horse
Sometimes my personality betrays me. I'm the type where if I come up with a plan, I stick to it. I'm an accountant. I have a linear...
Learning from resistance
We had a day and a half where no one showed up, so I had to do more groundwork. I taught him some shoulder in. As predicted, I can ask...
