ThePony
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I thought I would get that which was why I put the whole it stresses us both out in. I just find that I get bullied warming up at bs shows. People are so frigging pushy!! But it doesnt cause any problems spending the least amount of time in the warm up arena for us. It saves time and we are both relaxed and enjoy the day more. She doesnt freak she just tends to get eliminated the days I have spent ages warming up and when I keep things quiet she jumps clear ( its alot cheaper for me to warm up this way!!)
However it would drive me nuts if I had a horse that had been allowed to get away with just going staright into trot, I would worry that it will only get worse, next thing you'll have your foot in the stirrup an the cheeky bissim is trotting off down the drive. MAKE IT WALK!! (thats what i can already hear my mother would say!!)
Lol, I do find just the same at shows (which was why I was just playing devils advocate!), I know that some days the warm up is lethal, and because I get stressed so does my mare, so we are better off doing just a little and minimising time spent in the warm up.
Choosing to go into trot is very different to your horse trotting off and you being ok with it. On principle, if my mare guesses ahead, I will change what I was going to do and get her listening to me. I most certainly wouldn't accept her deciding to trot off - not on! She does what I ask (at least that is the general idea!!), but some days from first sitting on her back I know that asking for a chilled walk around first is asking for trouble - her brain needs work otherwise she will go hunting for fun!