Windy Weather

I really enjoyed my session today with Remy.
It was really windy this morning, but apart from that it was a lovely day, so decided to take him into the school to see how he dealt with it.
He was pretty jumpy, the cows in the field next door were running around and the wind was making a lot of noise through the trees. I put him on the lunge and moved him around the school but he was very distracted and spooked a few times. He was fixated on the cows so we went over and just stood quietly and watched them until he turned his attention to me, then we continued around the school, taking in the poles, with circles and lots of walk and halt transitions. Eventually he started to calm down and we managed a short in-hand session. I was over the moon that he released and relaxed his jaw from a light vibration on the inside rein and that he felt safe and able to lower and stretch his head and neck down.

After my session with remy I had a short in-hand session on the yard with Anky asking for flexion and lowering of her head and neck. It was still blustery on the yard, but she stayed calm, stretched down nicely and was much more relaxed in her mouth.