Hmm... How to make this update short...
- Blitz is going from strength to strength, thanks to the fantastic work my instructor is doing riding him 2 hours per week
- I have huge confidence issues riding Blitz, and it is very slow going getting me to improve - which isn't helped by the fact that I'm still a bit lame from when I came off him
- Tartine is going from strength to strength. Her lateral work is improving all the time and she is becoming much straighter and stronger (in the good way) in the contact.
- Tartine is very overweight at the moment, and for the past 4 weeks has been on a diet, which has seen her weight decrease from 518kg to 470kg by weight tape. There is still a very long way to go, and starting from tomorrow I'm trying to work her twice a day... We'll see how that goes!
I'm partly going to repurpose this blog, and keep a log of the work that Tartine is doing and also what she is eating, and her weight.
Yesterday, 25th Jun, I lunged for 30 minutes with elastic Vienna reins, surcingle and bridle. W/t/c and lots of transitions up and down w/t and some nice canter.
Today I lunged in just a cavesson for about an hour. Lots of trotting, as she just didn't want to stop! Some great canter work, with some good transitions c/t/c. Definitely need to improve the w/h transition!
I'm beginning to wonder how I could incorporate a bit of clicker into the lunging - especially as it is going to be something I'm doing fairly regularly as part of the weight loss exercise.
