Lucas' trail training is really coming along! Last night we did a 'course' of 4 obstacles that could be done at least in both directions and I could back or walk threw a couple. The cone was set about 3 feet from the cooler/wall which made it a bit complicated but he never even looked twice at it. And we had a pole laid on top of three walk poles (see bottom right of the photo). He gets really worked up with horsemanship and equation patterns so I practiced the same pattern over obstacles a couple of times and didn't have any issues with him wanting to rush...
We did only walk last night, but took 1/2 hour to work on each obstacle then run though a simple pattern a couple of times. Considering that earlier this year (I guess that was only a month ago) he would rush over them in a hurry to just get it over with. (knocking everything down in the process)
We are still mostly doing walk trot work (with of course the trail stuff thrown in) we have been throwing in some canter work but the indoor and its uneven footing is holding us back a bit. I'm also having some trouble with Lucas' left lead again so next week I see the chiropractor then the week after that the massage therapist (my brothers girlfriend) so hopefully they can get my back and hips worked out and get me straight again. And yes I'm home again tonight with a heating pad on my back trying to work out the knots that I got last night....
We did only walk last night, but took 1/2 hour to work on each obstacle then run though a simple pattern a couple of times. Considering that earlier this year (I guess that was only a month ago) he would rush over them in a hurry to just get it over with. (knocking everything down in the process)
We are still mostly doing walk trot work (with of course the trail stuff thrown in) we have been throwing in some canter work but the indoor and its uneven footing is holding us back a bit. I'm also having some trouble with Lucas' left lead again so next week I see the chiropractor then the week after that the massage therapist (my brothers girlfriend) so hopefully they can get my back and hips worked out and get me straight again. And yes I'm home again tonight with a heating pad on my back trying to work out the knots that I got last night....
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