Good work, lady

Didn't feel like riding so I had Marty work Elle in the roundpen. Used side reins, she was very energetic. Got some good "command" and forward work in, then took the side reins off to jump. Went to the big block, spread about as much...Very athletic and nice!

Straighten up and ride right

Really good lesson, which was encouraging. Fixed the "diving" problem by making my hands really wide and putting my upper body straight. Did more canter work and lots of trot work.

Happy!

Mmmm appley.

Gave Elle her first wormer - great! No problem, ate it right up. Lesson tomorrow.

Boo!

Had a lesson today, it was so nice out! (60 degrees). Started outside but went inside - she didn't want to turn right, was cutting in left, etc etc. Good inside. Forgot about wall problem @ walk, figured out/got through it a bit @ trot & canter. It took Marty scaring the hell out of her a couple of times, but finished well!

Matt's bonding

Matt finally groomed her today - very pretty! During late night, he had her, and she was great for him. Put spray on her for the first time and she wigged out a little. Oh well, it's new! It was so nice to see Matt with her! He had a conversation with her the whole time :)

Lunge line

Put Elle in the round pen - tried to "fix" wall problems - gahh!! Jumped a bit in the roundpen, then took her out to lunge on a line - for the first time I think! Good! Good enough, anyway.

Chutes and ladders

We were frustrated with each other today, which didn't help. Got some really nice round work, so I guess I should be happy with that. Tried to make a chute with poles but I'm not sure how well it worked. Will try again Friday (Stacy's lesson is Wednesday and Thursday's forecast is 10*F :( )