Monday's Ride!

I did get to ride Navajo on Monday. Like Sunday it was just wonderful and relaxing. We didn't work on much. We walked down the strip and then kept walking and went into the field. That was fun. We trotted just a little bit but did all walking mainly. We got back on the strip and I got him to trot back and forth along the bottom. I knew he wanted to run home so I mainly did walking but I wanted him to walk in a straight line instead of trying to turn himself for home and run that way (which is possible if we went along the field). Finally I got him to CANTER (amazing because we only walked and trotted and he kept fighting me) but I knew the minute he would obey me and I asked for a canter. AND HE DID IT WITHOUT TRYING TO RUN FOR HOME. Then I turned him around and went to the corner and told him to stop. He was a bit ancy and wanted to run for home but I got him to stop and he stopped and waited for me..Then we walked home. IT WAS GREAT and I felt like I accomplished something..I did because I got him to obey me even when he wanted to go home..I didn't work on anything else and I hadn't really planned to work on doing that either :) Some days things like that happen..You get results (GOOD ONES) that you aren't expecting..Wonderful feeling!!