Well I had told you guys I was hoping to ride Beauty today. My one friend asked me if I know what to do when a horse turns their behind to you when turning and I had to think that I honestly wouldn't know what to do and that Miss Beauty does the same thing. So that made me think and I talked to Sharon and said before I get on Beauty I want to work with her on that. So that is what we did today. Beauty may be smart but she has a stubborn streak a mile long. I got in the round pen with her and told her to go in a circle for me. Then I asked her to change directions. At first she kept turning her behind toward me which was not acceptable and I got her to change directions facing me (which was somewhat good but she pinned her ears..just a bit but enough to see she did it). I didn't know to watch her ears but Sharon said watch her ears because she pins them (not a good sign). So we did changing directions a few more times and Beauty got slightly better at it but now Sharon said stick to one corner and don't let her go where she pleases till she decideds to change directions. I was so tired from going after her (between telling her to stop and change directions and then her turning her but and running off it takes a lot of energy with Beauty) and I told Sharon I can't go anymore. Sharon asked if I wanted her to work with Beauty and I said sure so we switched places and I went outside the pen. Sharon came in and did the same things I was doing with Beauty and she got her to turn nicely the one way but the other way she absolutely refused to do it. I am not kidding this horse knew better but just was testing Sharon (I was watching and I saw the minute Beauty started testing Sharon). She would turn around almost like she should but then would turn her but and go back to that corner (a bit hard to explain but anyway). If it wouldn't have been Beauty rebelling Sharon it would have almost been half funny. But this smart horse was doing it on purpose because she had done it a few times without testing us. So frustrating. But Sharon got her to turn like she was supposed to without a problem and Sharon rewarded her by taking the pressure off. She got out of the round pen and told me to get Beauty and turn her out because that is her reward. It took a while to get her to do what we wanted but boy once she does it she means it =) So next week when I go again we probably will work with her on that again and if we don't have another battle (yes I call it battle because it is a battle of wills (who is more stubborn =D) we will saddle her up again and hopefully ride her. I wanted to ride her but I knew this needed to be addressed first!
Once we were done with Beauty Sharon asked if I wanted to go for a ride. I said sure. We put reflectors on the horses (Curly and Speedy (me on Curly) and off we went. We rode for about an hour or more and it was lots of fun. Curly tried to buck me but he got told that is not the way we do things around here. He is so funny. It was like 9 or so by the time I left there. I am so tired but this evening was lots of fun!! Hope you have a great weekend!!!!!
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