Sundance

I am very impressed with the progress that I have seen from Sundance thus far. I must say that she has shown me that she is very smart horse. When I first started riding her I noticed that she was very reactive and uncertain. She was stiff throughout her body and didn't have too much flex. As soon as I got on I gave her one task, go forward, just go forward. I didn't worry about working on too much else until she did that well and relaxed. I like to make horses just move forward because it is something that they understand and it helps them to feel good because they can move their feet and they relax eventually. Once we were moving well I have started working on getting her soft through out her body. I have been working on side passing, flexing at the poll, and generally trying to bend her around my leg. I always approach it with the hint, ask, tell, demand sequence always offering the best possible deal first then building up. She has a long way to go in trusting the world, and softening up her body but I am confident that she will gain quickly. Until Next time God Bless, BW