DAY 18 & 19 – NEW
YEAR’S EVE/ NEW YEARS’S DAY: New Year’s Eve -We were scrambling to get the
house ready for a little shindig tonight but of course we had to work with
Nike. The ground was rock hard in some places and really slick in others so we
went with low impact. Trotting and direction changes to start along with the
usual warm up exercises. She is moving with much more confidence and
understanding of the signals. Really nice improvement in the round pen. Then we
played in the bigger area working on Sending and the low level obstacles we
have set up. Again, some really nice improvements there too. It was a short
session (about 40 minutes) but we got a lot done and ended on some wins. She
backed up the length of the lead rope (about 14 feet) with Tap the Air. Do we
have lots of work to do? You bet. We have confidence in the heart and ability
to learn of this little mare.
New Year’s Day – Some of our overnight guests wanted to meet
Nike in the day time so we headed on down to the round pen with her. She got to
show off a bit. We reviewed the lessons from yesterday and even saw some
improvements! Could not complain! She charmed our friends with her cute self.
Tomorrow we meet up with some Downunder Brumbies at Pioneer Park Arena in
Somerset. Should be a great way to start off 2016!
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