Gia - session 156 - A new adventure!
Danielle lunged Gia for me today, and we added a couple of minutes of canter back to our routine. She was a little lazy and a little grumpy, maybe because it's pretty hot today.
I've decided to add canter back in to the lunging routine for three days, then add it back to our under saddle work. After three days of that, I plan to add the jumping back in too.
Under saddle, I kept it brief and simple. She felt really good, so we just did corners, diagonal lines and centerlines at the walk and trot.
To cool her out today, I decided to take Gia for a walk in one of the fields. This can sometimes be a precarious thing to do - venturing outside of the arena while riding. Despite the fact that she lives out there, and that she has been for walks on a leadline many times out there, when you go out under saddle, it's like a whole new world.
Gia was amazingly quiet though! She looked around at a few things, but overall, she didn't react at all. I wouldn't say she was completely relaxed, but she was pretty close!
She was a bit jumpy when being hosed off today though. Luckily, Danielle kept her fake "tied" in the wash area, or she probably would have broken.
Two steps forward, one step back ...
I've decided to add canter back in to the lunging routine for three days, then add it back to our under saddle work. After three days of that, I plan to add the jumping back in too.
Under saddle, I kept it brief and simple. She felt really good, so we just did corners, diagonal lines and centerlines at the walk and trot.
To cool her out today, I decided to take Gia for a walk in one of the fields. This can sometimes be a precarious thing to do - venturing outside of the arena while riding. Despite the fact that she lives out there, and that she has been for walks on a leadline many times out there, when you go out under saddle, it's like a whole new world.
Gia was amazingly quiet though! She looked around at a few things, but overall, she didn't react at all. I wouldn't say she was completely relaxed, but she was pretty close!
She was a bit jumpy when being hosed off today though. Luckily, Danielle kept her fake "tied" in the wash area, or she probably would have broken.
Two steps forward, one step back ...
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