Horse

[arwen_lune]

My Roheryn.
He's so, so awesome. As long as I don't bore him, he's endearingly willing to figure out what I want from him and then give it to me.
Real lightbulb-coming-on-between-his-ears moment earlier today. I asked for a hard stop from canter, which last week he was still struggling with. This session, first time I asked, the lightbulb came on, he said "Ohhh, THAT's what you want", sat down and threw out the anchors.

It's always interesting how sometimes downtime will help him learn stuff. Like he's been percolating this stuff all week and he's worked it out.

We also did the first traces of a barrell pattern, but I think I need to go away and figure out where my balance should be and how not to hinder him before I take that any further.  Next week maybe.

Comments

[cat63.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful horse! He does indeed look as though he's pondering.

[naath.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely horse you have there.

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

He's absolutely beautiful!

[swaldman.livejournal.com]

"he said "Ohhh, THAT's what you want", sat down and threw out the anchors. "

Heeee. I hope you were strapped in :-)

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's very pretty. Is he a general European warmblood mix? He's a lovely reddish shade - does he have dark points to go with those ears?

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

He's a Welsh Cob. And he does have dark legs, yes :-)

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, now that I see his whole body he is quite cobby, and he's got that nice little bit of feathering. I used to ride a gorgeous Welsh Cob.

He has got a lovely red coat. A very pretty boy.