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glenatronZorro continues to be a very fine cob. We've done a lot of trail riding lately so today we spent a while catching up on our schooling. We had expected to be riding out again but it was looking like a potentially miserable day for a trail ride as mysterious mists turned into relentless mizzle.
It's been a while since we have done a lot of groundwork because I'm pretty happy with how things work on line but lately I've started to do a little more at liberty, mostly to see if I can get that working as well as our work on the line. It's very interesting to see the choices he makes when he has the choice. For example, he much prefers to have me on his right, which is probably because he wants to keep the pigs ( a field and a bit away from the arena ) on his left. Certainly it's hard for him to tear his attention away from them and share any of it with me.
Under saddle he's pretty smooth at the moment, pretty well balanced and mostly listening. Our struggle with impulsion continues but once we get moving he's pretty solid. I've noticed today that he finds things a little harder on the right rein. I suspect this is physical. He has a massive scar behind his left left shoulder, possibly an old driving injury, and it means his left shoulder tends to get a little tight. We have the chiro coming back to visit in a few weeks so hopefully that will help to free him up a little.
Cob trotting along.
It's been a while since we have done a lot of groundwork because I'm pretty happy with how things work on line but lately I've started to do a little more at liberty, mostly to see if I can get that working as well as our work on the line. It's very interesting to see the choices he makes when he has the choice. For example, he much prefers to have me on his right, which is probably because he wants to keep the pigs ( a field and a bit away from the arena ) on his left. Certainly it's hard for him to tear his attention away from them and share any of it with me.
Under saddle he's pretty smooth at the moment, pretty well balanced and mostly listening. Our struggle with impulsion continues but once we get moving he's pretty solid. I've noticed today that he finds things a little harder on the right rein. I suspect this is physical. He has a massive scar behind his left left shoulder, possibly an old driving injury, and it means his left shoulder tends to get a little tight. We have the chiro coming back to visit in a few weeks so hopefully that will help to free him up a little.
Cob trotting along.