Pat Parelli has done various studies of their students and why they enter the program. Some of them have specific problems and when these problems are overcome, the students move out of the program. Many stay a long long time. Others drop out for various reasons.
The category I’m in is “Want to Always Learn More – Can’t Ever Get Enough”
Lessons are my favorite horse back riding activity. Lessons with the right people. My right people are Jennifer and Tony Vaught.
Tonight was the first time I’ve rode Nova since the week long Missouri Fox Trotter World Celebration ended. Nova has had nearly a week off. I started recoving from the week of the Celebration about two days ago.
This year Nova and I are going to trot. It will help build up her muscles for the fox trot. We started tonight. I posted to the trot. Jenny mentioned the word diagonals..bringing back the diagonals. I thought she was talking about leg yeilding diagonally across the arena. whoops! No! One has to rise when a specific front leg goes up at the trot. I remember now. So, I had my body rise with the inside leg. Every now and then Jenny would tell me to change my diagonal. huh. After that round of trotting was done and we were resting in the middle, Jenny asked me which leg I was supposed to rise with. Me, “Inside!” Jenny, “Rise with the leg on the Wall” OH YES! I haven’t posted seriously since I passed my original Level 3 Parelli test. I must have thought I was cantering with the lead on the inside leg!
Another round and we posted correctly!
Then we fox trotted and seriously, Nova was awesome!
What fun it is to be back in lessonville with a great instructor and great friends at Pine Dell Farm.
