Last night when I came out to work with Regalo, I realized that I do move sometimes too fast. Like I was wearing a nylon jacket and it was getting too warm, so I quickly started taking it off and noticed Regalo was getting very nervous. I slowed down and let him put his nose on it and them got to rub on his neck. He quickly settled down. When doing the sideways game, I kept pushing him and he got more out of sync. Then when I decided to just reward him with stopping after just two steps going the correct way he was much happier and released what I wanted.
Next I wanted to back him in and out of the round pen gate. I had to break it down into small steps where he understood what I wanted and then he did it.
What a smart and loving horse he is. He is hear to teach me not the other way around.
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