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December 9

12/9/2015

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Today I had a lesson with Kaila.
I wanted to work more on sideways and zone 5 driving.

First, I asked Kai to trot sideways like before but this time I kept asking him until we had a good rhythm before stopping my feet and asking him to go to the end of the rope on his own.

Then I put on driving lines and we played follow the rail from zone 5.

Whenever he went off the rail Kaila showed me to close the inside rein and open the outside one to guide Kai back on the rail.

Then Kai stepped over one of the lines. Kaila challenged me to get Kai to step back over the line.
After a lot of fumbling and multiple attempts Kai finally stepped back over the line.

Then Kaila set up a weave and had me direct Kai through the weave.

Kai was much lighter by the end of the session and I want to play a lot more with zone 5 driving.
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