Been doing more thinking ( not sure it's good for me), and watching Jims latest vid it's obvious (why haven't I realised it sooner, what a div I am) that at times I'm not giving Rem enough length of rein. I'm concentrating on getting the release and I give immediately, but not enough sometimes.At the same time I'm guilty of giving too much outside rein. Also, while I give him regular breaks on a long rein, I don't give him enough - I'm ashamed to say I get lost in my own little world and lose track of time, so really need to be aware of it.
We're having some problems on the right rein, he just doesn't want to be there, so we've been working on that more, trying to keep right bend, encourage to stretch the outside, but also keeping the inside shoulder up and not falling in and just trying to get more control of that inside right shoulder.
Today, I was really conscious of the length of rein and worked him with a longer rein and he really stretched and softened, I just moved him around the school and we worked on moving the shoulders and quarters and some trot transitions. He felt more relaxed and gave me some nice soft transitions.
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Ya know Di its always perfect timing to make these discovering moments COUNT, and you certainly have and did
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KK
Brilliant, you're sorting things out for yourself and it's working. I'd be lost without the old vids to kick my butt, lol. I'll try and get over soon, been on hard labour this week :( trying to finish the pool project!
Yeah come over please, you can cast your knowledgeable eye over us and give us a kick up the bum if we need it!! I hope you're going to get some hot weather to be able to use that pool this year!!
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