Overall, I think that my position was better as far as sitting up straighter and looking up, but I kind of forgot about those things when doing stretchy circles, I was too busy watching her reach for the bit!
She really didn't want to go past the open door because not only was it open, but a truck was parked right there too! Oh my god, oh my god. The first two times she stopped to look and then walked on, and it slowly got better from there (we were trotting around the whole arena at this point). However, I'd like to point out that upon reversing I had to walk her the first time and then after that she trotted just fine, so she did learn something, lol. And after 7 or 8 laps she was trotting past it just fine in the first direction.
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I like the spook pic:-) I was wondering about that open door of the indoor, is that just a human door or do you walk your in through that door too? Looks like you Def' wouldn't want to ride in.
You guys look great in all those pics, your posture is nice, Sophie looks cute as always!
There are two sliding doors on the long sides of the arena that lead to the stalls (one row on each side of the indoor), that's how we get into the arena, and I definitely never ride through! They're full size though so that the arena is completely enclosed when you need to concentrate.
The scary doors on the short sides slide open for the tractor and in this case, to allow a breeze through the arena. She is getting better about the doors each ride though, I think once we're really working well together it won't be such a big deal, I just have to get her trusting me more and focused more on me.
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