My confidence is high and I didn\u2019t need the halter with lead role. \u00a0Nothing is on her head. \u00a0She has a neck rope.<\/p>\n
Today, Fancy stopped inside the 4 markers \u00a0which we call a Question Box. \u00a0What do you want Mom? \u00a0Do you want to go through the box? \u00a0Do you want to stop. \u00a0We go through the box with a straight center line or in circles. \u00a0We could do straight, figure eights or half arena circles. \u00a0Yesterday I asked her to stop going thru the circle in the straight center line markers, but she pretended not to recognize my body signal or pulling on the rope.<\/p>\n
By golly, today she recognized my signal to stop at a walk, the gaits and the canter. Yee Haw! \u00a0I might pass the Level 4 test soon!<\/p>\n
I decided to do canter to stop transitions on the wall. \u00a0I decided on 10 steps at a canter and stop. \u00a0My goal was for Fancy to canter immediately when asked and halt after 10 strides. \u00a0We occasionally got the immediate canter but the transition to a halt took about half of the arena (way more than 10 strides to stop) \u00a0We cantered everywhere\u2026. into her favorite corner, nearly into running over my riding partner, Sharon on Sonny. \u00a0I stopped counting the strides and concentrated on staying alive. \u00a0She was not bolting. \u00a0She had her brain. \u00a0Her body wanted to keep cantering except for when she ran into a corner. \u00a0She did stop in the corner and I commenced more canter to stop attempts. \u00a0I tried again\u2026and again and again.<\/p>\n
Nope. \u00a0We failed at 10 strides canter to stop. \u00a0This is not on the Level 4 Free Style test, but I thought it was good training for my stop signal. \u00a0Nope. I decided our next session was going to be with bridle. \u00a0I have just a smatter more control over her body.<\/p>\n
I was not scared. \u00a0I’m in an arena with four solid walls that will not allow bolting across the winter Missouri fields. \u00a0She was not bolting, she just ignored my body language and the neck rope. \u00a0Fancy is a GO Horse. \u00a0I love a Go Horse. \u00a0They are not boring!<\/p>\n
We will ride another day in the arena!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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