Long Over Due

It's been way to long since my last post. Lots of new things happening. The 45 foot line is my new best friend! I never thought I would love it so much. I've gotten such bad rope burn in the past I figured I would just use the 22 forever. Chiclet loves it even more then I do and the great thing is he's still with me 45 feet away. The feeling of my horse being connected to me 45 feet away at a canter is a wonderful thing. Our flying change at the canter online are getting better. I only ask for it every once in a while when I feel like he's going to get it. I got a little greedy and started asking for it to much, the end result of that was this look like if he had hands he would flip me the middle finger. :~) I love that horse!!!!

The game of contact is more at play. It's a lot harder then I thought it would be. My plan is to do a dressage show in the spring. That has been my plan all along with Chiclet but he turned to be a lot more difficult then I thought he would be when I got him almost 5 years ago. He will be 7 years old in the spring and we have come a long way so it's time to take the next step.

My last bit of great news is we canter now when I ride him. I know we have always cantered but not together. Avery has been given me a few lessons to help me with the canter and it's been helpful but for some reason I didn't quite get what she was saying until I was riding by my self and I was doing figure 8 at the canter with simple change in the middle, Chiclet didn't want to pick the canter back up and I really got after him with back up and like magic we now can canter. I don't know what I did different that day but ever since that day I just think canter and off we go. Just a short month ago I was still thinking when are we ever going to canter together.

Chiclet is the best.......