Well, we did some longeing, and he's doing better and better, but keeps walking towards me after stopping. He's now able to go left and turn and go right, but vice versa is still sticky without any stopping. I did forget to cluck a few times, and just used my arms...oops, so much to keep track of simultaneously! Then my arm that's holding the whip may be confusing the direction signal when we go left? Will have to keep an eye on that. He's not pulling as much at the trot, and on the lope, I caught the lead change misfire so at least I know what to look for as we add that in more...On the ground, I'm trying to get him to differentiate between picking his leg up to be cleaned, stretching his leg when adjusting the girth, and bowing by using three different cues. (Waiting to hear what the farrier reports...hope he didn't sit on her! )He's getting it, but holding him in the bow is taking more time. Poco a poco...
It was such a beautiful day that I took him out into the back fields. He was GREAT! Extremely attentive...I don't think his ears could have been any straighter, and he just walked very carefully. Deer, rabbits, birds, a cat..no problem. SOMETHING spooked him-just a shiver--a Mustang moment I guess. Expected. Just breathe, everything is fine. At least it wasn't that dang earthquake shake he does from nose to tail! Of course, I went back the same way, and when I changed my mind midway to investigate something, wouldn't you know he put ME back on track...uh, yo, you're going the wrong way... ok. Home it is. There was some torn up terrain to navigate, and as the track got narrower, I wondered how he would negotiate it. It kind of reminded me of Costa Rica trails. He kept going, until it became a step up onto uneven, hard mud. Trooper that he was, he stumbled up it and kept on going! (That's m'boy!). I can't wait to get him on the trails!
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