...with Anky and Remy. First with Remy, a short session in-hand, concentrating on relaxation with walk and halt transitions. He was very motivated and walked out nicely with really good focussed halts. I then took him for a walk down the track to the small lake. He's never been down there before and as it takes you from bright sunlight into a very dark wood I was interested to see his reaction. He was fine and I think he enjoyed it, we passed our apple trees at the top of the field so I think that was a good incentive.
Same with Anky, a short in-hand session, continuing our work on the release and stretching down and trying to keep the softness in the walk and the transitions. She was relaxed and calm and I think, a good start. We then took the same walk down the lane and although she started off a little hesitant, she remained calm and was happy to go.
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Sounds just lovely! Do you have a good resource to recommend for learning more about classical in-hand work?
In-hand work's pretty new to me Kate so I'm just feeling my way, but I have the book by Oliver Hilberger 'Schooling Exercises in -hand'
Great stuff! You've read the book, now you're the expert :->
Hee hee, I've only partially read the book so as yet,I'm only a partial expert!! ;-)
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