Gia - session 150 - more of the same
Today was a crazy Monday morning (nothing having to do with Gia, just things like water leaks everywhere, dog attacks, dead squirrels, a grumpy teenager, you know, the usual). Anyway, I wasn't able to get a video of her today.
However, she stood almost perfectly for me to mount.
I worked on stretching circles at the walk, and trying to allow more with my hands. Then I added corners, diagonal lines and centerlines. I did have to do a lot of corner circles today.
She was eager to get into the trot work today!
I repeated all the stretching circle work at the trot, and I did have to do a lot of half halts. She wasn't bad, but was much more forward than usual.
I finished with down transitions from trot to walk to halt, that were really obedient!
After I got off, Danielle held her while I hosed her off. She was fairly good for hosing off her body, maybe a little tense. She was OK for the right side of her face, but very resistant to putting her head down when I went to mist off the left side of her face. I eventually had to have Danielle hold the sprayer on her while I worked on getting her head down. Once we got a moment where her head stayed down while still being sprayed, even for just a second, we ended the hosing.
She did get startled once while being scraped off. I had Danielle tie her for that part, since it's not usually a problem. Luckily, she only came back a couple of steps, and then remembered her manners and stepped forward again. It's taken forever, but the tying work paid off for a little bit today!
However, she stood almost perfectly for me to mount.
I worked on stretching circles at the walk, and trying to allow more with my hands. Then I added corners, diagonal lines and centerlines. I did have to do a lot of corner circles today.
She was eager to get into the trot work today!
I repeated all the stretching circle work at the trot, and I did have to do a lot of half halts. She wasn't bad, but was much more forward than usual.
I finished with down transitions from trot to walk to halt, that were really obedient!
After I got off, Danielle held her while I hosed her off. She was fairly good for hosing off her body, maybe a little tense. She was OK for the right side of her face, but very resistant to putting her head down when I went to mist off the left side of her face. I eventually had to have Danielle hold the sprayer on her while I worked on getting her head down. Once we got a moment where her head stayed down while still being sprayed, even for just a second, we ended the hosing.
She did get startled once while being scraped off. I had Danielle tie her for that part, since it's not usually a problem. Luckily, she only came back a couple of steps, and then remembered her manners and stepped forward again. It's taken forever, but the tying work paid off for a little bit today!
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