So... today we took a few minutes to do some roundpen work. And... ha! It didn't go as smoothly as last time. Hee hee. She started out well and we got some good halts with her in her bubble and relaxed and not in my space. We got some good pillar 1, 2, and 3 work. But then when I went to ask her to do pillar 3 on the lunge/walking... ie doing her "leads", she got confused. I'm not quite sure if my body language is asking her to walk in a circle because she kept turning into me and/or stopping. So I tried to change my body but also had to resort to the flag, which meant she got loose. A few times. And went roaring around. BUT, she did let me turn her easily and came back to me pretty quickly. We did have one big rear, which I made her canter around for a bit after. (Although part of me secretly wants to teach her how to do this on purpose, but I realize that's dumb!). We did finish on a good note and got some good shoulder abduction with the right "lead" at the walk on a circle. And we finished with a nice halt with a nice soft relaxed neck and eye and no coming at me.
She did make me giggle because a few times after she ran around and when I let her come in and made her follow me and I finally stopped and asked her to stand she did the alarm blow snort thing at me. Hee hee. I'm not sure exactly what she was trying to say but I'm guessing something along the lines of "FINE!". hee hee.
She's getting so silvery, which makes me a little sad. She's beautiful but I really don't want her to roan out entirely. I wanted her to be red! Though she got a hair sweaty and she turned darker. :) She's also darn near as tall as Dan it seems when she stands next to him. She's also in heat... again, and obsessed with him! Such a flirt. She's chewing on him, practically on top of him, and peeing every time he looks at her. Girl.. get it together!
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