CONFIDENCE CONFIDENCE!

Zaina’s got her mojo back! Yahoo. I was much less direct line after listening to teleseminar answer for an RBE who just can’t get used to rattly stuff. PP "Don’t worry about it." Oh, in other words, stop focusing on "fixing" confidence and get on with developing skills that will lead to confidence. It was also helpful to learn that Magic still spooks and worries. So I don't have to think that I have to get all the potential spooks out of her. Instead, need to have her look to me for leadership when she is worried.
That, reminder along with giving her the direction she needs, has brought my happy horse back to me.

Moved a cone (gently, slowly, bit by bit) to get at a carrot, over and over and over. She loves her carrots! Today, as opposed to yesterday, I ran out of them. She kept heading back to the mounting block to look for more!

Went over 6" jump (only 24" to go for that online task)! First, over excited, and instead of me trying to shut her down afterward, or sending her again and again, I gently slowed her and let her decide if she wanted to go again or wait. Sometimes she chose to change directions. After a bit of excitement she was trotting low.

Walked the figure 8, knows how to do it.
Trotted figure 8 calmly and with no extra management. At first she would go half way through then get excited and change back, so I let her do this a few times, helping her do it. Then asked her to continue the figure 8, and she was able to do it without a problem. No running through me, hardly needed to use the carrot stick to stop her.

Sideways without a fence, very little management needed (bit of reminder to not go forward).

Lots of change of directions at trot and flying leaf when she got over excited from her own accomplishments. I’m sooo much better at handling the stick and rope, and have begun to be better at directing her energy by making the direction changes my idea.

Ended with a traveling walking circle, going calmly over the obstacle.
Nice nice nice.
In her paddock she gave me a running head toss, then a BIG roll. It's good to see her positive energy. Sigh.

NOW need to be careful not to wreck this by demanding more more more. Instead, need to focus on different tasks next time.