Benny very lively today online. He didn’t really want to be with me as he kept looking to see what Mel was doing. We did some stick to me, backup and sideways at liberty before he decided to leave. Although he did come back to me when I looked to disengage his hind quarters. He got a bit animated in trot and came at me quite fast so quickly had to stop him and redirect on the other rein. Online he did hindquarter and forequarter yields and then was allowed to do his party trick of sideways! We then played with changes of direct round the barrels, some nice turns but I wasn’t interesting enough so he left! He enjoyed a good grooming session, lots of coat shedding. I hope we will get more connected as we do more positive reinforcement – lots of praise and scratches plus a treat occasionally. He played touch it with the barrels and the pedestal so I praised him for that, no micro-managing he did it all on his own.
Think he had a bit too much negative reinforcement last week and I will have to build up trust again. He didn’t want to play the catching game.
Positive Horsemanship. 