Sunday, June 28, 2009

Lots of Camp Pictures!

Harry with my cute lil cow pony!
Woody and I taking a break from the intense cantering.
Carol riding her Paso Fino Zack, for the first time in a year and a half.
Harry helping the "new and improved JR." learn how to bow
Me cantering Woody!
Harry helping us canter.
Me riding Woody outside the round pen.
Me riding my newly motivated and listening pony out in the wide open.
Harry riding a more responsive, calm, and willing Woody.
Woody showing his extreme brace when Harry rode.
Adorable little Woody.
Woody showing a big release.
Harry working with Cookie and getting a much more positive expression on her face.
Cookie showing resistance and grouchiness when being touched on her back, Harry hangs in there for the release.
Cookie connected.
Carol and Zack working on being connected even back in zone 3.
Ommie and Arielle simulating riding scenarios and getting acceptance and confidence in zone 3 (Ommie has only been ridden by Arielle with someone leading her).
Jeff riding Bucky and practicing his canter transitions so that Bucky would release his tension and relax into an easier canter.
Harry and Bucky sharing a moment.
Jeff playing with Bucky's canter transitions on the ground first.
Harry and Charlotte on their walk around the grounds (practicing attention focused around grass, however when they went out after playing the behavior didn't present itself because she didn't need to use the grass to evade Harry because she was ok).
Some friendliness after her finding assurance in looking to Harry for feeling better.
Riding Woody with more softness and him not resisting me as much.
Harry with Cookie and reminding her to "not do that" and "that doesn't have to be" with her crowding him with her head. Encouraging her to be ok with what he was doing.
Me waiting on Woody's thought to turn along with his body (here he is clearly holding onto a thought very strong and bracing his neck against the rein).
Harry demonstrating Woody and his mind when I try to turn him (he keeps walking sideways to the direction he wants to go with his head bent toward the way I want him to go).
Liberty work with him really focusing and attentive to me
Ommie and Arielle sharing a moment of connectedness while playing



~Eden

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