Cito 30 May

Warmed up with some liberty today. Trying to ask for close circles while am sitting on a barrel. Cito is started to get it. The cicle around me in walk is good but the trott was a bit harder. Seems to think its fun cuse he is really listening and when he get to far out he comes trotting back in asking a question.

In the riding we did some freestyle riding around the treese, walk trott. 

Sometimes Cito is trying me by not responding to the driving game with the stick, have even tried to grabb the the stick with his lips! A little soft bump on the nose and he is listening and take the stearing. Funny that he is checking it out in the beginning if am serius or not tho. 

Billy

Billy got a shower today (was so hot) and he cheked everything out in the washrack!

26 May

Trying to take some pictures to mummy! Went so so haha. 

We rode in the bride today. Good to take a break from the carrot stick riding and freestyle to ask for some roundes and collection. We warmed up freestyle tho and rode patterns. All ready we went to lateral bends on loose rain. Contact in circles with a active inside rain. The contact was soft and light. We were a little more stiff to the right so I added some more roundes in zone 3 with my leg.

He get a bit "short" his energy goes up instead of forward so we played a lot with lenghten gaits. Did the same in the canter, from following seat to driving seat. As soon as he started to lenghten his strides the streatch came and the breath out. 

I will be gone during the weekend so Cito will have two days off=)

The boys new hay

24 May

Canter in the arena today with the carrot stick, went great! Warmed up on the palyground with some squeeze game between trees and the madress also the tarp that was hanging down. Did some canter circles in the arena.

In the freestyle we started off with some patterns like follow the rail and corners. Corners we stopped or did a disengage (moving the hindquarters). Picked up the lead at teh long side and then circled some. 

Ride up the rode with Lacy.

Cito was really good. Just thought the gate was a bit scary but otherwise he was forward and had no stops during the ride out. We walked and trotted, rode with the stick and in the halter. Mets ome cars too and it was no problem.

 Warmed up liberty in the roundpen and he is getting the bring back. Also the close circles is coming! 

19-20 Maj

Yesterday we did some carrot stick riding. (pictures from yesterday)
It went really good! He had to focus and stearing with the rythem of the stick made him relax. Rode around the playground and we made a figure 8 around the trees. Sure he looked at stuff but I was calm and had him facing the scary things and we didnt make a big deal of it. After looking around the figure 8 was good. I added some roundness with my leg and he started to stretch.

Today we added some yoyo game in the freestyle

on our way to the barn to get tacked up =)

shower time!

Arena work.

The boys are doing great! 

We have been playing some in the cirkling game. That he is going to keep his responsibles maintain gait and direction. Hi likes to break gaite behind my back but he is started to get it now =). We have also add some friendly game in the circling game. That was a little scary so thats one of our warm up ectivites. 

The sadle is fine now, is not tence just relaxed and dont seem to be bothered. 

We have been riding in the halter and in the bit. I rode in the bit yesterday just to check him out there too. He was a good boy. These nexed days we are going to ride some in the halter and the carrot stick. 

Billy says hi to mummy!

Citro and the saddle

Went around the play ground on line, we did some weave pattern and stopping on the bridge. Did some cirkling game on the arena and then we went and got saddled up! 

I have noticed that he gets a bit tence with the saddle. So we went in the round pen and I put out some poles so he had to think and lift his feet. Was a good warm up game he relaxed and got soft. Change directions and trottet some the otherside. 

Then we did rain simulations and walkted trotted in the round pen. 

Question 1 =)

His feet seems fine. Not sore at all, walks, trotts and canter good on the line. Feels good too when am riding. 

Question 2. =)

Flies dont seem to bother them. We haven had so much of them during night so they are cool and calm. They get sprayed night and morning with the feeding. I put some extra after we have been playing. Also they get brushed with the pouder on their feet 1 a week. 

Some pictures from the first two days.

The flag was a little scary in the beginning, loved the tire and getting to paly with all the obsticles on the play ground =)