So things have been pretty status quo since the last posting. She's refused to be caught one other time, but in general has been pretty much her normal self.
In a mess of "can't catch another horse," I ended up using Breezy for one of my lessons on Monday. I was really impressed with her attitude there, as she had plenty of chances to be inappropriate in some form and kept it to a minimum. It was nice to see her with someone else up, I could see where the holes were filling in on what I'd been working on with her straightness, but that in getting that straightness we've lost some of the forward momentum. She's one of those that always feels like she's going somewhere, so I'm learning to be careful of keeping her moving.
I did another good flat school on Thursday (and then just a wander around the barn area yesterday, don't want her to completely hate me!), and we actually accomplished haunches-in in both directions. The lateral work was my big lofty goal for this year, as Kirsten can manage it quite nicely on a schoolmaster type but was having a lot of trouble teaching it to Breezy. The few times we've tried prior, it was a lot of bitchy mare syndrome and not much in the way of results, so I was really pleased.
I think this week we'll go back to jumping a bit. I can tell she's getting bored with the flatwork, and a bored Breezy is not going to be a fun ride for me!
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