It was pretty nasty out there, but I managed to find a firm patch of ground on the side of the barn. I brought my dressage whip to use as make-shift carrot stick, to help with yielding her forequarters. She did pretty good, once she figured out what I wanted. We went in a full 180 each direction, though it was less than stellar looking. She's still great at yielding her hindquarters, though. We could go around and around for hours like that :).
Since I had a stick, I decided to try a little Driving Game, but... it didn't go as well as I'd hoped. She kinda caught on, but kept stopping and moving away from the whip instead of understanding that she was meant to walk beside me. All in all, I'm pleased enough with how today went, given the conditions.
I'm really crossing my fingers that my carrot stick and savvy string are here by Monday. I cannot wait to start utilizing them! I think that a big reason why I'm not having as much luck with some of the games, is that I'm moving forward too quickly. In an effort to avoid doing the same thing over and over to the point of boring Gwen, I think I've really under-done it. So I'm going to go back and review games one, two and three, and then practice those exclusively. Once we're doing them easily and reliably, we'll try the next, and so on. I think that ought to work better. :)
Have I mentioned how much I loooooove my grooming mitt! I did a very light grooming on her, since it was damp out, and it still took off a ton of hair! Love it. It's gentle enough that Gwen enjoys it, even on her head/ears and under her neck and belly. She'll really lean in when I get going on her forehead and poll. So, I took a picture of it, just cause!
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| Grooming Mitt! |
It looks way bigger in the picture, partly because my hand is actually behind it here, rather than inside of it. Love it :) I think I bought it for, like, two bucks or something ridiculously cheap like that.
Thanks for reading!
J
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