More Leading Training

GOAL: Follow-up on yesterday's leading lesson. KISS, just re-cap on the basics of yesterday.

HOW DID IT GO? Believe it or not, as planned! I decided to take Lutallic into PJ's paddock in front of the house (as PJ was in the round yard doing some munching), and I thought it would be a good idea to test out what we learnt yesterday in a different environment, with new stressors.

I really didn't have a lot of time, maybe 1/2 an hour including catching and grooming, so it was never meant to be a long session, and it wasn't. I popped his protective boots on (just in case), I'd alread shut the front gate (just in case) and I'd locked Boo out of the corral so that I could lead Tallic out without fear of Boo busting thru (just in case!!)

He actually walked very politely from the corral (although I was awfully fussy and made him back up a tad when he didn't wait for the gate to completely open, I don't want him learning to rush through) and he did this nice and softly so we proceded to the next gateway which he manouvered through well using prompts I would use on an older, more experienced horse (like Cruiser). It's making me realise that the ground work that I have previously done with Tallic is paying off, he's tuning in well when not stressed.

Walked quietly up the driveway to PJ's paddock, even though Boo was calling out and he spotted PJ in the round yard. Had to walk past Tony (the painter's) car to get into the paddock, and although he got taller as we went on, he managed to only need a couple of corrections around most of the paddock. (Boo was still calling out I might add.) Tallic was a little worried about the corner where the stable is, there's also some firewood and manure piled up, and he could see into the neighbour's place, but he didn't jump into or lean on me like I was expecting him to do, so I was very pleased.

It started to rain, and I was very pleased that we basically took up where we'd left off yesterday, so we walked back again.

Overall, a short and sweet session - we had far less stress and more focus, pretty much from the start. Yippee.