I cant believe time has gone so fast. And looking back heaps has happened in my horsey life and I love it. Sometimes I get so frustrated I'm in tears and others I couldn't be happier. My patience has improved an unbelievable amount and I've learned heaps. Teddy and I have taught each other a lot.
Today we expanded on the friendly, porcupine and driving games. I forgot to take the carrot stick with me so driving Teddy forward while standing in zone three just wasn't happening. He was just looking at me like, "What?"
It's been a long while since we had concentrated on this so it was fun and he was great. His friendly game is perfect so I will introduce and umbrella or something tomorrow, during the porcupine game I don't even have to touch him on one side but his sore side I needed to press on his skin. He was quick to look around so I think it was a matter of him worried I was going to make him sore or something. During the driving game he responded straight away but I still needed to wiggle the line, if I wave a finger he gives me the "What?" look again!
He lowers his head when asked but never all the way to the ground. That could be my fault as I used to just teach it to my waist so it's easy to get the halter on and off. I should have been going further if I really wanted to stick to the plan. Also, I can pick up all his feet from one side without changing sides.
I'll have to go back to the plan to see what comes next because I've forgotten! I had one of those little hand books in my pocket and when I took it out to read it Teddy was right there beside looking as if he was having a read too; but it must have looked tasty cause he then tried to eat it.
The rest of the time I spent leading him and just stopping at any and varied moments to make sure he stopped straight away and along side me. I did this leading from both sides. He's great at that too. Good job Teddy, I should mix it up more often and not ride all the time.
To celebrate our 100th blog I have posted this 40 second video of Teddy in the morning. I hope it's clear enough for you to see his droopy eyes.
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