BA took last week off from riding etc. last week with all the work on the ring and three new horses on the farm. Today she rode Sephira--warmup WT on loose rein then asking for her to come up thru her top line a bit at WT but mostly trot as that is easier for Sephira to do. Then canter and Sephira offered the flexion at a slow canter. Interesting when BA took one of a couple breaks to reward Sephira for trying and improving, Sephira looked at me and without thinking I said, "hey girl" and she started walking to me.
Gorgeous day and after lunch went back to the barn for B Me with Try and Sephira. Try had a bit of a nosebleed so we left her pasture where we were playing to tend to it and apply fly spray as insects were totally distracting. Played on the grass in front of the barn. Easy draw/alignment from intention. Increased energy to come to me, when I increased the distance. Gave exhale cue as we were melting back to standstill but unsure it is having any effect. We have exhaled/blown back and forth at each other for years. Try has the habit of blowing to help me relax. Riding I can exhale and Try will match and exhale as well. Our riding warmup begins with walk until she blows out.
Sephira--we played beside the drive outside her pasture and MiMi hung out with us while we did. Sephira also comes to me/draw/align from the a bit of a look at her stifle and my taking a step away from her--on both her left and right sides. Also she will increase her energy to come to me if I increase the distance. I also don't know if my exhaling is registering with her. In the past when I have blown out to reduce my tension, she has looked at me curiously.
I wonder when to go back to the cookie reward of asking Sephira for something, then giving the 60 second GM mode visualization of how wonderful she just was in completing whatever task we did.??
She was really licking and chewing back when we were doing that.
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