Friday I took Striker to the beach. I'm not sure if he had ever been before, I would guess not, but in true Striker form, he took it all in his stride. He was a little hesitant at first but having Trixie with him really helped as she has no problems at the beach and he followed her straight in. It is times like this that you can really see that he is only a baby as he really relied on her for support. Trix was great as she gave him all the confidence and support he needed, she did me proud. Leading was a little difficult as I had only just started to teach him at home to lead with me and not behind me, so when leading off Trix he wanted to lead from pretty much up her bum! Lol. He did well in the end and I had him leading right beside her. I jumped on bareback which he was very unsure of! He was very tense and a little frightened, so i just took him for a little swim and let him be.
Envy also had some work Friday. Today I played with her online. Mainly yielding to feel which she finds a little difficult and confusing but after about 10 minutes she had softened considerably, so I let her be. Next I taught her to canter online. She was surprisingly good, maybe it was all the canter work we had done under saddle? She broke over pretty quick, with minimal "run on" so i was pretty happy. It ended a good session.
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