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Wow, 3 days of work and no tantrums or major spookiness... a new record! ;) Inside again last night- hoping to ride outside some this weekend and maybe do some good work there...
It felt like last night we were still building on what we've done before- she felt a little stronger, a little less resistant- like we are progressing the way we should be. Her back is starting to feel a little stronger, and it seems like it is getting a little easier for her. Requests to bring her haunches out a little (lately thinking of bringing the haunches out has been a bit easier than thinking of bringing the shoulders in) have been met with her stepping under a bit more with the hind, and often sighing and reaching for the bit and lifting her back (Good girl? You betcha). Hopefully some of the issues we've had are partially related to her simply being very out of shape- I don't think that's the whole story, but I think getting in shape is helping her with the work now. So nice to actually focus on working, instead of just fighting to get her READY to work... :)
In other news, I found she's chewed a big old hole in her bit - it looks too close to the joint for her to have been able to do it with the bit sitting where it normally does- no idea how she did it, but I'm throwing it away. I'll put the old, much less chewed one back on, and order a new bit ASAP. I'm thinking of biting the bullet and investing in a KK eggbutt- she likes the Happy Mouths, but I'm getting tired of replacing them and I think she may be ready for a big-girl bit now. Note to self- current bit is a 5.5...
Of course the KK's come in a 5.25 and a 5.75- the way they lay looks like they might offer a bit more room, but I don't want to go too small and be stuck with $150 - $200 of uselessness....
It felt like last night we were still building on what we've done before- she felt a little stronger, a little less resistant- like we are progressing the way we should be. Her back is starting to feel a little stronger, and it seems like it is getting a little easier for her. Requests to bring her haunches out a little (lately thinking of bringing the haunches out has been a bit easier than thinking of bringing the shoulders in) have been met with her stepping under a bit more with the hind, and often sighing and reaching for the bit and lifting her back (Good girl? You betcha). Hopefully some of the issues we've had are partially related to her simply being very out of shape- I don't think that's the whole story, but I think getting in shape is helping her with the work now. So nice to actually focus on working, instead of just fighting to get her READY to work... :)
In other news, I found she's chewed a big old hole in her bit - it looks too close to the joint for her to have been able to do it with the bit sitting where it normally does- no idea how she did it, but I'm throwing it away. I'll put the old, much less chewed one back on, and order a new bit ASAP. I'm thinking of biting the bullet and investing in a KK eggbutt- she likes the Happy Mouths, but I'm getting tired of replacing them and I think she may be ready for a big-girl bit now. Note to self- current bit is a 5.5...
Of course the KK's come in a 5.25 and a 5.75- the way they lay looks like they might offer a bit more room, but I don't want to go too small and be stuck with $150 - $200 of uselessness....
