Lesson

Regalo lesson with Jerilyn on Monday.  He was upset from the beginning.   First he didn't like being near the wash rack while someone used it.  He was upset with the fly spray and anything else that was going on.  I took him over to the other side of the arena where we wait for our lesson to begin.

His lesson begins with going through the arena gate calmly.  He is very nervous and rushes through the gate.  She makes him go back and forth through the gate until he does it one foot at a time.  Then he goes over to the water and she sprays his mouth so he feels the water on his mouth.   After a little while he is clam and the water is not a big deal.

Back out to the arena and she is asking him to go forward on the circling game.  He can't do it calmly.  His feet are moving in all different gates and he is whizzing around the circle with no control.  When he turns and wants to come into the center he is allowed and she pets him.  Then sends him out and this goes on for a long time.  finally he is calmer and she stops to put his hackamore on. 

He walks away from her and she has to chase him to make him stay in the arena, then out to the front pasture.  He runs a little and then turns and stops.  She then takes the time to readjust the bit and hackamore then she gets on and the ride out in the pasture.  He does great up and down the pasture walking and gating easily.  It is amazing to watch him goes so nicely under saddle.

After he is finished riding she puts the destin on his nose and he is a little difficult but submites quickly.

Alot to work on.  

Wash rack, gate, and fast circling game.