Remy and I had a play in the barn today. We started off with a good grooming, a short session in-hand getting him nice and relaxed and then asking him to move his shoulders into the bend, crossing his front legs. I then practiced some travers, standing at his head, asking him to move his quarters to the side and then me walking backwards, bringing him with me. I've never done it from the ground and I thought that he would straighten, but he kept his quarters to the side and gave me a few nice steps.
We finished with a little copy cat jambette, me doing it first and him copying me. I didn't know if he would do it as we've never done it this way before, but he made a good attempt. I was very careful to only reward the ones I'd asked for and not the voluntary ones!
Yes, the weather's still gloomy!
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