Played about 1 hour. Yesterday seemed to go somewhat backwards with Maya, but I realized in retrospect that I was able to read my horse better and to cause her to be more left brained when she went right brained. We jumped a ditch online, which at first was a very right brained event, to the point of me having to move my feet as the rope slid through my fingers just to give her enough drift (I had her on a 12' lead going for a walk) but we progressed from her trying to jump it THROUGH me, to her jumping it RB away from me, then progressively more confident until a lovely soft hop over the ditch and we called it quits.

Put your foot on it she seems to be bored with a little, so I'm going to build that pedestal - she even went to the point of putting one foot on the bucket lid, but only partially, so I asked for more - and when I did she put the other foot fully on it and looked at me, I swear, as if to say "Will THAT satisfy you?! Sheesh!" She was also quite insistent on getting cookies, so I've slowed those down a bit - and I won't be bringing any more to the paddock randomly for a while, that seems to be what tipped the scales to the point of distraction.

All we can do is try our best to adjust, adjust, adjust!

I love my horses - I'll be in Vancouver for the next few days, so I'm going to miss them. *snuffle* But I get to see my family, so that's wonderful, too.

Till next time...