Whatcha doin' out there? Huh?

We complicated things a bit by throwing some distractions into the training this morning. We usually train in the mornings, so the barn and environment are a bit on the quiet side, so today we shook it up a bit by opening the overhead door.

The sun was out for a little bit and no wind was howling, although it was -19. Lt didn’t give 2 hoots. Dolly was a bit concerned; there was a tractor and trailer picking up bales about a mile away and all she could see was something moving back and forth, so we kept her busy with circles and stepping over the ground poles and small jump we had set up.

Let’s just say there is no hunter/jumper career in her future! While she handled the ground poles ok, there was considerable thinking and effort to step over the elevated pole, you would think that big  quarter horse butt would be good for some propulsion, but no.

LT worked well , remembered all her lessons from yesterday–ie. don’t rub your riders’ knees on the wall. Nicely moving off the leg pressure, very good walk to stop to walk transitions.

Selene has gone away to the east coast for the holidays, Nadine is busy with family for the season, so that leaves Carole, Megan and Cec, who apparently have no lives.