Fun Buns Turn

Man, having 4 horses is hard! That's a lot of ponies to work. :) And Fleck doesn't even get worked. :) So that means Funny has been a little bit on the back burner. Which isn't the end of the world as she's still a baby! But... today was a glorious day and I had the whole day free so she got a turn. 

I took her to the arena for some work. We started with some shoulder/scapula releases and worked on getting her to lift her back. Then we did some yielding of her barrel. Then we did pillar work in hand, focusing on all 3 pillars. 

After we did that, during which we got some licks and chews, we lunged. I just used the halter today and we focused on quiet and relaxed and correct. She was super. She only snaked her head a few times at me and never did anything more than that. I got her going nice and stretching forward, down and out and she was mostly upright. I focused on tapping/flicking her girth area to try to get her to lift her belly. I'm not sure if it worked. It's hard because... I think she's more lifted than most naturally/because of the work we've done, so... it's hard to get her to lift more. But we tried. And we got some licks and chews while lunging too.

Then we headed back to the barn and I cross-tied her and picked her feet and groomed her. I tried to get her to stand on the surefoots, but she wasn't having it at first. But once I got her on it and clicked and treated she was like "oh, okay, I'll stay here". For a little bit at least. She's shedding a little bit but not nearly like Fleck. So then I treated her elbow itchies and turned her out. :) Good girl!

The wild photos are from Lyric's birthday! They were rowdy that morning. But DANG SON!!! Look at that trot!!!!