Have never been my favorite. I always seemed to end up being glad to pass them back to there owners at the end of the training and walk away. I always seem to find them full of attitude and I usually end up getting in down right dirty fights with them.
Lucy is a chestnut mare.
And the other night (on Tuesday) I thought I had reached her breaking point. I had lunged her and was working on showmanship and we were just hitting a brick wall with setting her feet and giving in to the chain under her chin. We worked on it for 15 min but ended a bit earlier than I would have liked. But she was getting upset and I didn't want to really piss her off.
Today I lunged her and started practicing showmanship and she got everything we worked on right away. Set her up in 4 steps, trotted off great and even did some pivots. Seems like she needed a day or two to process what I wanted and then was able to produce it. Seems like I just need to change my opinions on what is 'good' for the day.
This mare thing might take a little figuring out...
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Sorry I had 2 blog windows open thinking I could multitask and commented the wrong comment on your blog! Monday Brain in the works.
I don't get mares, I've gotten along with like 1 mare ever out of all the horses and ponies I've had to ride (well okay maybe 2 mares if I count the pony from last year!
I'm not good with mares either, unless they have a gelding personality. I hear they are lovely when you "get them" though!
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