Lila 2-20
The first session of the week we went to the indoor to walk and do our exercised without the confidence pony. This was the first time without the pony.
We walked over poles, over the bridge, she did not realize it was a step up and tripped onto it. But she recovered fine and walked up the second time much better. We walked over the bridge and she stepped down just fine. Then we went over the poles again and again over the bridge. She had figured it out and just walked up on it like a pro. She was very calm and seemed to like the new tasks.
, then did our baby exercises in the same area as always near the gate, bending , shoulder over, hip over and walk lunging. She was perfect so I turned her out, she is really starting to get the idea of leading with her head lower. She is not perfect but learning.
Next lesson was walking on the off side, the non normal leading side. Again we worked alone in the indoor without the pony friend, we walked over poles, walked up on bridge then backed off of it then back on it and then walked forward off of the bridge. Lila handled this well and was not at all unbalanced backing off. Then I led her over poles again and over the bridge again. Then did baby exercise and walk lunging. All went VERY well. Then walked her again on the off side back to her buddies, she led quite well on her off side.
Lila got the rest of the week off as RZ is learning his alone training and I don’t bring the pen buddies near where he is turned out.
So she just did her baby exercises up in her pen. She does these very well.
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