The fresh, undisturbed blanket of snow in the round pen today made me think just doing some leading and lunging would be a good way to spend today's session, to help build up footing and leg muscles in both Rain and myself.
Rain quite enjoyed that, running and kicking out, I could tell I wasn't the only one who excited about the weather. --Though I'm not sure how long it will stick around, it was sonny and felt like 40* today. She's so cute how she's getting more and more social every day, she's to the point now where I can walk right in and catch her, and she'll either walk in with me or and least stand still, usually taking a few steps in towards me.
Today was also really good for trust, since, as a mustang, Rain has much better footing than I do in the snow. It was interesting to see how she reacted when I slipped or had a foot go out from under me and fell backwards towards her. Her reactions ranged from running off and pulling the rope out of my hand to simply shaking her head and taking a step backwards.
We also picked up lunge lining again today, after not working on it for probably a week and a half. She sent off great and maintained a pretty good speed and level of control, every once in a while tripping or slipping and cantering off for a few strides to catch her balance.
We had a relatively short session today, because the level of concentration was greatly increased from usual, both in paying attention to not falling and just in overall attentiveness. We got a pretty good trail of foot/hoof prints going around and throughout the roundpen by the end of today's session, so that will help or hinder footing tomoro...depending on whether it decides to ice over or not.
Rain quite enjoyed that, running and kicking out, I could tell I wasn't the only one who excited about the weather. --Though I'm not sure how long it will stick around, it was sonny and felt like 40* today. She's so cute how she's getting more and more social every day, she's to the point now where I can walk right in and catch her, and she'll either walk in with me or and least stand still, usually taking a few steps in towards me.
Today was also really good for trust, since, as a mustang, Rain has much better footing than I do in the snow. It was interesting to see how she reacted when I slipped or had a foot go out from under me and fell backwards towards her. Her reactions ranged from running off and pulling the rope out of my hand to simply shaking her head and taking a step backwards.
We also picked up lunge lining again today, after not working on it for probably a week and a half. She sent off great and maintained a pretty good speed and level of control, every once in a while tripping or slipping and cantering off for a few strides to catch her balance.
We had a relatively short session today, because the level of concentration was greatly increased from usual, both in paying attention to not falling and just in overall attentiveness. We got a pretty good trail of foot/hoof prints going around and throughout the roundpen by the end of today's session, so that will help or hinder footing tomoro...depending on whether it decides to ice over or not.
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