lunge & ride...

I decided to lunge first - 5 minutes either rein in walk - before riding (AND did some flexions in the stable first).

I liked her walk left rein, nice and relaxed, and seemed to be moving through properly from behind.

right rein - I'd studied the dvd I made of Jenny working with her - we did get without the need to trot first, but not for long and then she became argumentative and kept turning in, irrespective of what driving aids i was giving her. short of winding her up into trot and then trying to relax her down again, it wasn't going to happen again.....

went back to left rein, and that was still nice.

then to get on.

aaarrrgggghhhhh..

had to get someone to hold her head again.

After that, she did some nice relaxed walk - and then got stressed and decided she'd had enough. i didn't have my schooling stick. and to be fair, she had done a fair bit by this time (as when she was refusing to be mounted i did some in hand round the school as well, on the basis that if she was going to move, she could work as well...)

phooey. i guess i need to do some serious ground work every time again before i get on. so annoying, we'd pretty much had this sorted a few weeks ago, but have gone right back