Oh No, week 3 is already over :(:(:(

I didn't write yesterday. I'm slowly falling out of the blog habit, I can already tell, but I will try and keep it up for those of you who are actually reading it for one more week.

Yesterday we worked on ribs while riding. So we would ask for them to move their ribs while on a circle without the reins and not leaving the circle! It was interesting, but we basically had to break it down into all the reins styles and how you would move which part and then at the slightest try quit. Well, I was pleasantly surprised! I didn't really think it was possible, but Blue caught on and did great! We'd only ask for about 4 steps and then quit. Going to the left was just awesome, but to the right was a little harder, so there must be a brace in my body.

Then we just cantered around the enchanted forest and played with the clover leaf pattern in the fancy arena. It's so much fun with the carrot stick, but Blue does get a little unconfident if we're cantering and i redirect her. She tries to speed up to avoid it.
But it was good and we worked on our canter departs and it's so easy once I set her up correctly. We did a conga horse with two people and my person wanted me to do a canter depart and i didn't get it with her just pushing on me, but when i saw her do it i understood. I told her it would probably be easier if my hips were slanted and my body was shifted so that I could just forward on the lead. Well, DUH!!!! Why don't i do that for my horse??? So after I got that I went out and set Blue up and TADA!!!!! Canter departs! And she didn't get mad or upset, she just jumped right in, it was AWESOME!!!!!

Oh, I just started talking to some friends, so I can't really remember what I wrote, so I will just continue where I thought I quit :)

Today I messed with my saddle again and had Avery help me. Back to the less wide tree, so we'll see how that goes.

Then riding, we praticed staying on the rail. She wanted to be a bit impulsive so we did a little bit of finesse and we moved along. Finally we got some nice canter strides and no cutting of corners. Then we worked on the question box patterns and I had to quit right away because she got it really quickly. And I didn't even use the reins or carrot stick. The leg work from this week prepared her and it was great!!!!

Anyway, now I have to head home and shower. We're going to the karaoke bar and then out dancing!