Yesterday I went out to the barn and put the bareback pad and bridle on Charlotte, mounted up, and rode around with my dad walking beside us. We went down the driveway, and cantered up the hill a couple of times. It was a quick, fun ride that went really well. She is getting better at staying with me and not focusing on grass.
Then today my grandpa was at my house for a while, I asked him if he wanted to come for a walk with me, and off I went to tack up Woody. I caught him quickly, tacked him right up, and spent a little time getting him ok and with me for bridling. I took him to the mounting block, hopped on, and off we went. We walked down the driveway a bit, cantered up the driveway's hill, and walked back. We also trotted a bit really nicely on a loose rein, jumped the barrels a couple of times, and we both did really well. It was really fun and really showed how much progress we're making in that we did so well with very little preparation.
~Eden
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Sounds like you are having tons of fun!
Something to consider - in several of your posts, you write about cantering up hills. I don't want to assume you don't know this but I don't want to assume you do. Cantering up hills *can* teach a horse to pull on the FH rather than push with the HQ during a canter. Not to say that's what is happening but be aware. A horse that can canter up a hill but cannot walk is usually pulling rather than pushing. This may not be the case at all, so please take my comment with all the good intention with which it's meant. You sound like you are making awesome progress with all your horses.
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