After two lovely days with Sephira I was really looking forward to lesson today! Sephira and I played out front with the gold ribbon for awhile before Kathy arrived. She comes to me when I move--unsure about my focusing on her stifle having any effect. Also although she is pleasant and happy, she does not melt into the ground. ASK MMJ
LESSON:
warmup now consists of basically everything I was doing before and is basically hunter on loose rein with lots of bending lines, patterns, suppling. Walk and trot. Walk--work on my "leaning back", shoulders-pinched dressage position to make a new habit.
Bends: serpentine, bend in corners, circles and spirals, shoulder in, shoulder fore, figure eights, diagonals, leg yields. Be creative and BEND
Then take up a connection/contact and continue bending in everything we do
1. outside leg says go forward
2. outside rein steadies her balance
3. elbows not hands--wear gloves and keep the connection--especially outside rein
4. inside rein asks for bend (or my body does)
5. inside leg asks for bend
6. both ring fingers ask for her to come up thru top line.
We got--really using HQ, good impulsion, bending, HQ really stepping across at the trot and it felt wonderful. Stopped, good girl, treats! (LBI whats in it for me).
Love having the ring in the field!
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