Lisa Trowse said Lisa Trowse said Fast Track Week 2 - Day 10 - My goodness half way through where is the time going..? Lovely end to a frantic week. We had a knot tying session first thing and it put my mind to rest about getting my knots right. Mind memory is kicking in and I found that they were working...miracles do happen.
Today I had attitude adjustment. All the learning was kicking in and Jack and I reached a new place. It is called RESPECT. Not sometimes, not most of the time, but all the time! If you wish to be Curious then fine, enjoy. If you are distracted or ignoring me, then you are going to be reminded every time you look away that I am not an annoying fly on the end of the rope, I am important and am not to be ignored.
Instead of hiding in the middle or end of the herd, we led today. I said come on Jack you are with me in the front. If he got distracted he got told it was okay, he was with me. We did good and made it all the way, with only one slight hesitation. We then played online in the playground and warmed up for riding, and I continued to use my strategies to keep his attention, first warming up and then slowing things right down to make him think rather than go into overdrive.
It was amazing when I got into the saddle. He just felt different. More connected with his ear cocked to me instead of looking off into the distance or wondering what all the other horses were doing. Got some good cloverleaf and follow the rail and figure of 8. Mostly using my body and focus rather than the rein with very few corrections. Did a few strides of trot, but I kept it slow to get it right. No point in rushing.
Morning ended with a lovely demo from Terri Martinus showing preparation to liberty and the 7 games at liberty. The relationship was so clearly presented and was lovely to watch how they were so together. Pumpkin clearly adores Terri and vice versa. Very inspiring.
After lunch we had a talk on PC. Lovely to see Beth and catch up. She did a great job showing what there is on here and how useful it can be as a tool! I had no convincing being a complete addict. Then we had feedback from our first two weeks. I was exactly where I thought I would be and was quite happy. My first week was very challenging, and I feel I have steadily progressed this week. My leadership with jack is really showing through. I know I am weaker in my riding due to confidence issues, but I am working to change this and next week I really want to try and step outside my comfort zone to make some leaps forward. I think my coach will help me do this. We had a couple of hours free this afternoon so I read Stephanie Burns book to look at fear. Very interesting and worth a read.
A load of us went out for a drink tonight and had an absolute hoot. Lots of blowing out I think, to release tension after a hard week. UK Parelli Games in the morning..........
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