in fact, gave me a bit of a fight over the right rein thing.
we were doing groundwork..
going right, she kept stopping and turning in before i wanted her to.
then at one point she really took off, pulled away from me, bucked and kicked and pulled the rope out of my hand, and took off in canter round the arena. was so pleased I'd shut the gate!!! stopped herself once by standing on the rope, then set off again, but eventually calmed down and stopped and i was able to pick the rope up again...
dear dear
so i made her go right a few times more, but was struggling to keep her out ... possibly didn't keep at it as long as i should have done, but it is friday night and i was starving (still am, come to that.... tea currently a work in progress...)
we'll get there though.
she also tries to come in when i haven't asked her to, and if i send her back, she doesn't go straight she does it on a circle so she ends up with her left side to me.... mmmmm.
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Don't lose heart. Most horses I've had go through a kind of learning curve where they make great progress and then suddenly seem to forget everything. Somewhere, deep inside their brains and bodies, they are processing lessons.
Then, suddenly, one day, they just come out and do it all just as you want them to.
In Molly's case, do remember that you first have to "unteach" a bunch of bad lessons. Whenever she gets tired or just gets ready to take a step forward, she may revert to older patterns until the new ones make sense to her.
Keep your patience and consistency and remember all the lessons you have learned for correcting her. Try not to overreact to her misbehaviors and, if possible, when she makes a mistake like coming in when you don't want her to, give her the aid to come in, so it seems to be your idea and then send her back out immediately. That way, you can kind of "trick" her into doing what you wanted instead of what she wanted.
It's the same trick I am trying with Tucker when he stops and won't go or turn left. I turn right, get his feet going in a circle and just act as if that's what I wanted.
You overcame a big hurdle by getting her to cooperate today, regardless. Good going.
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