Catching up

I visited my brother yesterday.... his time is very close. But meanwhile, life goes on. Josie had a couple more sessions with Shayla this week. Here are a couple of videos from Tuesday, which was her 3rd session.



This one is where she learned to do inside turns. She had been running several times around before she was asked for a turn and would turn her butt and do an outside turn, but when it was shortened up and she was asked for a change of direction on a half circle, she started to do proper inside turns.



I took this video just after she had a really big reaction to the stick and string- literally galloping a 10 ft. circle. Still pretty reactive but coming along.

We ended the session by using the lead rope to do the same thing, and once she was quiet with that, called it a day. Gave her lots to think about.

The next day, I took her and Clancy to get their teeth floated, they both loaded in the trailer no problems- only the 3rd time Josie has been in a trailer and only the second time she has been hauled. She loaded and unloaded like a pro, of course, Clancy set a good example for her.

Today's session was really good.


Those 2 days off must have given Josie time to let things sink in.

Worked her over the poles too, to get her thinking about where her feet are.
She did ok, after a few rounds of stepping on them and banging her toes on them she made it around without nicking any and that's where we stopped.