thought she might have kept up her record of letting me get on - but she didn't. possibly my fault, but i dont' think so ... there was another horse inthe arena (standing still!) with person talking to rider. i don't know. had to get fay to hold her (and then she didnt' get a polo, as she'd already had it!)
and she needs clipping. it was really hot, the sun was out, and i was doing some trot as well as walk .... not quite dripping, but wellk sweaty under the girth and starting to get damp down the neck.
i thought i'd try and get her back through the yard ridden, but not. so i led her through - she didn't want to - and then along towards the big house. she did NOT want to do that. once i got beyond the side of the stables, she didn't want to go further at all. clearly something in her head. circling doesnt' work as she still stops and won't move forward when facing to the lane. very bizarre. she'll come back that way ok if we go round the 20 acre, but not out that way. and i'm not aware of anything ever happening!
i think that might be something for the clicker training! every time she takes a step forward there, click etc. if she doesn't nothing. i imagine she'll soon get the idea.
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Oh, dear. I hate those steps backward after a lot of progress. Sometimes it's part of the horsey learning curve.
Molly may just be testing out your determination. When her little hoofies get stuck going in one direction or another you might try---if you have room--going back and forth 90 degrees to the direction she doesn't want to go. Each time, you turn towards the direction she doesn't want to go. (So it's back and forth, back and forth instead of circling.) Eventually, she may get so tired of going that way that she will surrender and go the way you want to go.
Clicker training is another good option as is leading her where she needs to go.
thanks jean.
she has always had an issue with that direction ....
jean, what happened to your blog?
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