So ready for spring, going to Iceland (to ride horses!) next week so just two more days of "real" riding, and hopefully spring will be officially here when I get back.
Callie will be ridden by my trainer next week so I'm hoping all the undoing I've managed to accomplish on the changes will be rectified.
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
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Yesterday I was just trying to undo Callie's defensive behavior after the disaster of Monday - when I asked for forward I had to consciously loosen my body and praise excessively for any forward try. That helped a lot, but it did end up being difficult to keep her together and not strung out, because I was giving too much. I got some relaxed walk/canter transitions (Monday they were canter/jig transitions
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
My main struggle right now is with the right bend, and getting the bend and the right rein off the neck from the body and not so much from my hand - it's so TEMPTING to go to an indirect rein to get the neck/shoulder where I want it, instead of letting the positioning come from behind. Left is easy, right is so hard, especially in renvers and halfpass.