Friday, May 29 Day off

Not going to the barn today. Need catch up day around the house.
Maybe go to barn and mist Try off and give a few treats--graze a little???

Anyway: holes to patch/stuff to do

1. program: girthy
2. circle game
3. make habit to clean ALL 4 feet from same side.
4. program: clean teats
5. program: tilt head to me to halter
6. make habit to mount parelli way-western
7. using vocal cues
8. review basics of freestyle riding

idea for new game: sidepass away and toward the weave pattern.

Thursday, May 28

Filmed today:
some stuff good, some not so
trailer loading was good
weave bad around the ends--needed to be farther away
extreme friendly good
sideways towards not straight
lead by leg good; lead by tail stopped in middle
pedestal good
barrels good--better if I could be farther away
circling game: yuck had to work to get 6 laps at canter then rest was messy.
cavaletti good--better with less cueing

transitions from one to another need to be smoothed out--I don't practice these

More on Wednesday: Teleseminar/Hot Line

See Circling game blog for info on hot line call/Julia on
How can I make the circling game fun?

Teleseminar notes:

• Eating grass: don't ask them to raise their head
• patterns, patterns, patterns
• leadership: about having a plan
• cleaning privates--can use carrot stick for approach/retreat in beginning
• stiff shoulders riding--think pulling armpits down
• welcome to new level of incompetence

Wed May 27 Stinky Day

Wow what an off day. Was it me? Was it her? Was it us?

Trailer load, lead by hocks and tail and pedestal were great.

Extreme friendly she moved on 5th slap
Weave: soso took some time
barrel sidepass--not clean
Knocked over barrel with cone with gusto
Cavaletti: unclear about sidepass away and toward. Rest was good.

Circle game: yuck. Only part I liked was when she got ticked and took off with exuberance and I egged her on. That was fun for me.

Tue May 26 GREAT day

Try met me at the gate!

1. Try and I did circling game, cavaletti stuff and weave, lead by tail--see below.
2. 4 laps no stirrups
3. BA moved trailer out--took a few tries then 3 good trailer loads, the third sitting in the chair.

For Wed:
practice the choreographed routine for Thur filming, including trailer in arena.

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day

Quick trip to barn:

Online:
Circling game: good trot, 2 laps of canter, traveling circles, change of direction at the trot
Lead by hocks, tail: 10 steps each very light!!
Cavaletti: little confusion for Try--offering sideways towards for everything but fairly quickly got sideways away and towards, front foot, back foot and straddle vertically.
Weave: mess, did finally get it at a walk with me standing close.

Try very sweet.

Sunday, May 24 Quiet day

Easy day:

1. did barrels/treats again--still a walk but did it at liberty w/me 10' or so away. Just didn't see any need for the line.

2. Try offered sideways towards so tried w/cavaletti pole--sideways away and towards and it was there!

3. circle:

level 1 yoyo back wait, send at a trot 2 laps was good.
level 2: three tries, my emotional fitness, waiting allowing and being ready to use phases if necessary--by the third try I got one pretty lap of true canter w/o attitude and stopped and rewarded.

end of game
bath/fly stuff