Spent an hour in the arena today, which included a good ground warmup, some checking over of desensitizing issues, and about 45 minutes of saddle work. We are working all over the arena now, but she is still spooky at the far end. She is staying in the trot better now. She spooked herself once by kicking some dirt in the wall and I almost lost my seat, but aside from this she is really getting calm. She was breathing hard with all the trot work. I only rested her in the spooky end of the arena. We are just about ready for some canter work. She is going over the trotting poles well now without shutting down now, too.
We had a giant rainstorm today so the outdoor arena was too soft to work in, but I spent about 20 minutes walking her up to the road and hanging out. I alternated simple groundwork with resting with the head lowered. It was rush hour and she made a lot of progress with cars going past, which were passing within 15 feet of us.
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