Totally lazy blog today. Managed to get a little vid of a quick session Faith and I did on the yard yesterday.
The first vid shows us having a little brush (Faith, not me).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAmw6sE8Zvg
The second is us doing a short bit of work on my own version of WWYLM. This is a warts and all vid, and it does show quite a few areas that need improving, particularly the two occasions where she cuts across me and doesn’t halt when asked. Also our rein backs are not very straight. However, we have only done this about four times now, so I also think progress is being made, particularly on the right rein, which is our rather dodgy and uncoordinated side!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWi2DfaYHiE
I am also quite pleased with the way that when she tries to swap sides, she will, nine times out of ten, respond to a hand signal to ask her to remain on the side that she is on. I will be putting voice cues in when we get a little better, ie, ‘whoa’,’ back’,’ walk on’, as this exercise is going to be the foundation I think of all the liberty work we do in the future, so I will eventually be working on increasing the distance between us. But that is all in the future, right now I want to get things absolutely spot on in the confined space of the yard, before venturing into the field or the school.
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