diaryofarider

It sure is getting dark fast these days. Trudi was thrilled with the carrots I brought her. She would snort and lean back away from the plastic bag, but then when I got a carrot out of it she was like "Well yes, I guess I would like to eat that." and she munched on it while keeping an eye on the bag.
Good ride- I can feel how hard she is working sometimes, muscles going "ARRRGH it BUUUURNS." It's really cool for us both to just work really hard though while being in tune- I can be like, "Okay, I feel the stiffness right there...or the part that's not in alignment right there...or that this leg is not stepping through enough...". Left lead canter was fab and she knew it- when I brought her down to a walk and petted her, she stopped and brought her nose to my boot and waited for a treat. :) She waited patiently for a while and eventually resigned herself to a little more work (sorry pony, gotta go the hard direction now). Right lead canter was messy for a while since she was like "I don't want to go over there so I'll scramble also this is HARD" in the BC, but eventually she did some nice strides and a nice downward transition. Steeling myself for wackiness this weekend, it's supposed to get chilly.