Boo the Gazelle

When I went out to my lesson this morning I had discovered that Boo had been painted to look like a gazelle. My Instructor Robyn dressed the ponies up as African animals because her friend was leaving to live in africa for two years! Anyways Boo still had white and black stripes painted on her. It was very silly to look at!

Our lesson went well today. I was getting a little frustrated because I didn't think I was doing it correctly. She was having me do turns on the haunches so that she would start using her hind end more and to "pick up" her front end. We did them in a diamond shape. Towards the end it felt as though I was getting it more. She had me use a whip to push her shoulder over. Basically I laid it against her shoulder and applied pressure when I wanted her to move. She was steering a lot better when we were done. Its amazing that I can learn so much at the same time as she is learning! It was a good lesson overall. Even though I was really frustrated I did eventually feel it. Doing it at the canter felt very rushed and such. But she was turning when I asked even if everything else had fallen apart. ;). Till next week *poof*