Smart good girl

 Today was a great day! 

I worked Lyric in the arena again today. We just did our pillar work and I think she was more relaxed today in her brachiocephalic. She was a little lower in her head and it seemed like her pectorals were firing better. I still only got a few licks and chews, but still... getting some. We also did some pillar 2 and 3. She's slowly getting the hang of it. We also walked over the cavalettis again and then, I pulled the poles off the liverpool and made it just a tarp and poles on the ground. She walked up to it and smelled it and then walked right over it. Then the other direction, because there was a lot of poles piled up, she took a minute to consider it, but then walked right over it. Yay! Good girl!

 


  

We also practiced at the mounting block. I walked her up to it, parked her next to it and climbed up. She didn't care. I even leaned over her back some. She was like "okay, whatever, I've already been backed crazy lady". :) True, but... I'm also suspicious that you just had little jockeys thrown up onto your moving back. But maybe not, since you didn't win any races. :) Hee hee. I was so tempted to just hop on and sit on her, but.... rope halter and line, no helmet, bony back with no muscle, and... you know, I wanted to set us up for success. My gut feeling is that she wouldn't have done anything and it would have been fine, but... again, let's set ourselves up for success!

 

  

Her hock is looking normal again, so yay! She is looking a bit chubby in her gut and a bit lean in her back, so I definitely need to remember to deworm her! And she obviously needs to start doing some work. I'm torn, because... I want to lunge her, but... also, I want to have her move correctly so she's building the correct muscles. Maybe I'll take her to Rana's next to see what she thinks. 

Oh, and this morning when I went to grab Dan for his ride, she and Funny were hanging out. They're gal pals now!!!!

 

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