I went over to Jon & Sue's today with my lariat to practice picking things up off the fence and to try dragging things again. She did well with me putting the lariat on the fence and picking it up. I started to uncoil the lariat and throw it around, but soon hopped off and did more work from the ground. I dragged a cone around a bit from the ground but did not try it from the saddle. We spent a good time chatting with Jon & Sue as well.
She did some nice lateral work in the arena, building on that nice flexion and roundness she has started giving me. At the trot and canter she was a bit dull in the arena. It took all I had to keep her in the canter. I want to come back with a dressage whip and fix this. This arena is plenty large enough for her to stay in the canter. Enclosed areas just shut her down somehow.
On the trails she kept moving better today but still showed some scary spooks at the walk--backing away in a very unpredictable and uncontrolled manner. But I was testing her more by keeping her more at the walk in the first place. At the trot and canter she is too busy to do anything that crazy. Overall I was pleased with her progress. We rode to several farms.
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