So considering this mare has been mine for about two weeks, and she has only been in training since september, she has been wonderfully connected for not knowing too much. Yesterday (pictures posted below) she threw a few fits...typical redhead...but was pretty good as far as the *spookiness* has been. She went in and out of the indoor into the outdoor without a problem, so that was great.
As usual we worked on a lot of walking, haults and bending. When she finally *felt* ready to trot she was wonderful. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of when she was doing just awesome. She started throwing a temper when one of the other mares left the arena, and so the pictures were of the after thought.
Today was very good too. It was super SUPER windy...the whole arena was flapping like crazy. My mare being the super sensitive spooky one was not impressed and was jumping around like a bunny. But she did good, she settled down after lots of walking and serpantines and haults and such. (as usual ha!) I figure I want the walk/hault and serpantine routine to be her calming routine, so when I know she's stressing I have a failsafe that settles her down and lets her feel good about accomplishing something she knows she can do :). So we basically walked for over a half hour, bending, stopping, left, right, little circle BIG circle, etc. When I did start trotting her around, she was clipping her feet a bit...she hasn't done this before so we shall see if this continues, I am thinking of buying her some boots just in case. But she was a very good girl, she didnt feel as connected today as yesterday, but we are still learning each other, and it was a very scarey day for her.
I'm sad....Its going to be a long two weeks before I can see her again! :(
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