Short update

Well, in a way I can't believe it has been over a year since I last posted in this blog - but then again I can really as I'm pretty bad at keeping things up to date!

Hmm... How to make this update short...

1. Blitz is going from strength to strength, thanks to the fantastic work my instructor is doing riding him 2 hours per week
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.