August 7, 2010 Mounted Outside Round Pen
First time riding in round pen; first time riding in over a week; back to using bit. Was windy out, cows across road came to watch, fence was "singing" in the wind. In other words, lots was going on. Brought two barrels in to play around. Z was RBE on line, so decided to ride as that can be calming to her as she is more focused. Still needed a lot of confidence building. Tried freestyle walk but she was too nervous so went on contact and then onto bit. Tried to evade bit - liked it better when didn't need to listen. Round pen was very helpful to help me maintain contact when trying to get Z to come onto the bit, as I fiddled around much less. Eventually it worked, and Z felt really really good at trot, both directions on the bit. Best in a loooonnnnggg time on bit!
Nervous coming out of round pen, so played friendly game and yoyo game. Need to do more on-line play in round pen before doing mounted work in it again.
No comments:
Post a Comment