Annagain
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Ever since Wiggy arrived I have been marvelling at how well trained he is - loading himself on the trailer, standing like a statue when I get on and never moving off until he's told, standing where you leave him on the yard and not walking away, lifting his feet if you tap a fetlock and lots of other things.
However, this morning I found a very cute but not necessarily desired behaviour. I rode in the school and, with thoughts of maybe doing a dressage test soon, practiced some centre lines, something I haven't done before today. Round the corner at A I went, trotting away merrily when all of a sudden, with no warning, we reached X and he stopped dead! I tried again vwithout asking him to stop or keep going and yes, sure enough, stopped dead at X again. Next time, I pushed him on. We reached G. Bang. Perfect square halt. Out of interest, I left him to his own devices at this point and he wandered over to the gate as if to say "we're done now, I've done my halt practice." I did a few more where I pushed him through and we kept going all the way, then left him to his own devices again and got another perfect halt at X so we finished. He's obviously used to doing halt practice at the end of a session!
He is such a sweetheart and obviously tries so hard to please bless him. I'm going to have to be ready on that centre line if I don't want to halt though!
However, this morning I found a very cute but not necessarily desired behaviour. I rode in the school and, with thoughts of maybe doing a dressage test soon, practiced some centre lines, something I haven't done before today. Round the corner at A I went, trotting away merrily when all of a sudden, with no warning, we reached X and he stopped dead! I tried again vwithout asking him to stop or keep going and yes, sure enough, stopped dead at X again. Next time, I pushed him on. We reached G. Bang. Perfect square halt. Out of interest, I left him to his own devices at this point and he wandered over to the gate as if to say "we're done now, I've done my halt practice." I did a few more where I pushed him through and we kept going all the way, then left him to his own devices again and got another perfect halt at X so we finished. He's obviously used to doing halt practice at the end of a session!
He is such a sweetheart and obviously tries so hard to please bless him. I'm going to have to be ready on that centre line if I don't want to halt though!
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