Rode today to see if I could use my thin no-slip pad with the saddle further back. I could use it without slipping, but it was really irritating Z. Plus she's in heat, so that might have been bothering her as well. She was very good at the walk, but just wanted to run at the trot.
I had setup cones to ride the question box game, but she was very worried about being "in" the box, so did a lot of approach and retreat. Also had ground poles set out, which she didn't want to walk over on-line but was fine with under saddle, even the foam ones. At one point she caught one between her leg which was a brief freak-out, but she quickly understood she was okay. Plus after that she FINALLY picked up her back feet going over them, instead of dragging, AND was less concerned about them.
She wasn't happy by the time I got off. I should have not ridden her today. Later on read a parelli blog post about figuring out what your horse needs for that day instead of going with the "plan". Point taken. Need to not just pay attention to how she is feeling, but use that info to decide what we'll do. Direct line thinking is still winning out.
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