Today we played some more with the ditch by the gate and worked on getting Kai connected. When he was ready I rode him to the arena. I quickly checked him for ticks and didn't find any. The garlic tick spray mom made for him is working better than the Fiskes! We started the session doing zone 5 driving in the outdoor focusing on trot transitions and changes of direction at the trot. There were two other people riding in the arena and Kai stayed connected to me.
Next we played with canter circles and flying lead changes. Kai tends to get excited when doing fast changes of direction and can get bracy so for now I am using the fence to help him. He did a good change when I finally got my timing right and we quit on that.
I decided to just try freestyle lead changes and see what happens. So I tackled him up in the bareback pad and set up a cavaletti on the lowest setting and then asked Kai to go over it at liberty. At first he ran off but then quickly came back and did as I asked. My reasoning was that if he did it willingly at liberty he is very likely to easily go over it when I ride him. When I got on I asked him for lateral flexion as always and then asked him to canter right away.
I cantered him a lap and then asked him to do a lead change over the cavaletti. And he nailed it!!!! Farrah showed me how to set up the horse for a lead change during my lessons with her in Cody. I also got to watch Isabelle Farmer 2* Parelli professional teaching her horse lead changes over a jump too. Observing Isabelle's timing helped me so much!
Kai did two more flying changes one in each direction and I jumped off and untacked him on the spot. I hosed him off and gave him his Apple before putting him back in the pasture.
Next we played with canter circles and flying lead changes. Kai tends to get excited when doing fast changes of direction and can get bracy so for now I am using the fence to help him. He did a good change when I finally got my timing right and we quit on that.
I decided to just try freestyle lead changes and see what happens. So I tackled him up in the bareback pad and set up a cavaletti on the lowest setting and then asked Kai to go over it at liberty. At first he ran off but then quickly came back and did as I asked. My reasoning was that if he did it willingly at liberty he is very likely to easily go over it when I ride him. When I got on I asked him for lateral flexion as always and then asked him to canter right away.
I cantered him a lap and then asked him to do a lead change over the cavaletti. And he nailed it!!!! Farrah showed me how to set up the horse for a lead change during my lessons with her in Cody. I also got to watch Isabelle Farmer 2* Parelli professional teaching her horse lead changes over a jump too. Observing Isabelle's timing helped me so much!
Kai did two more flying changes one in each direction and I jumped off and untacked him on the spot. I hosed him off and gave him his Apple before putting him back in the pasture.
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