I really need to be less direct line when playing on line. I'm much better at this when mounted.
Brought the hula hoop today. All the horses EXCEPT Z snorted and went to the back of their stalls when I walked down the aisle. Z kept her head out of the stall with her ears pointed right toward me. Good Girl, made me feel wonderful.
We played around it a lot, and she did step on it.
Went to the local play day meeting on saturday and got some ideas about increasing Z's tolerance for the savvy string. 1) turn completely away from her when doing friendly game with stick and string; 2) swing savvy string AWAY from her always, rather than toward her; 3) increase intensity of friendly games to desensitize her. Worked on each of these and everything helped. Did lots of friendly game with the 22 foot line on her butt - she didn't like this, and pawed the ground, but she remained okay. She was happy in her stall afterwards so I don't think I overdid it.
Before played I did head stretches. She really liked this; her neck cracked.
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