silkyraven | Looking more sprightly

Well if the way he came trotting across the field this morning is anything to go by he’s not feeling too bad after all the manipulation this week!

He looked ok on long lines yesterday too, although I have totally forgotten how it all works and kept getting tangled up in the lines. Oops. I think long reining will be good for him, probably better than lunging which he struggled with this morning, so I should get watching the EE videos over the riding academy page.

I have been working on the leg-waving, grooming issue that I discussed with Judith about correcting using clicker training and it’s been going quite well. I give him a choice of grooming brushes and he often selects the plastic noodly one which is interesting, and giving more treats and with every click seems to be beginning to work! I might try and use the treats for walking and trotting under saddle as well and try to get some more forward movement. We shall see….