Gia - session 334 - dressage stuff

 I worked with Gia this morning on a variety of dressage stuff.  We warmed up with work at the walk, including halt transitions along the rail and across the width of the ring.  Along the rail was fairly easy, and she stayed mostly soft.  Across the width was harder because she had to stay straighter.

At the trot, we worked on more transitions between gaits, including halt and rein-back.  Her rein-backs were really good today!

We also worked on some trot to canter transitions.  She got all her leads today!  Her transitions were fairly prompt, although sometimes she was a bit explosive.  Her canter, itself, was a bit too quick, so I asked for a lot of half halts to help her slow down and balance.

On another note, Danielle gifted Gia a set of ShooFly Boots for all four legs!  These boots are great for keeping flies off horses' legs in the summer, but in Gia's case, they will be performing double duty (hopefully).  We are hoping that they help her get over her issue with her shipping boots on her hind legs.  She first had them on yesterday, and behaved much like she does when her shipping boots were on.  She even took off across the field (trying to rid herself of them, no doubt) when she was turned out.  Today she was much less expressive about them. Time will tell!