09.08.2016- Lots of schooling

Well we've been super busy over the last couple of days getting our schooling cap on! I schooled him Saturday and he was fantastic, he wasn't stiff or sore in his shoulder at any point and was just super duper, nice and stretchy and willing to work. He then had a bath... minus a hay net or any calmer and actually fell asleep! He was so chilled out and so perfectly behaved! 
 He had a quick lunge on the pessoa last night, again was very well behaved, if a bit lazy but 100 times better than how he lunged before the physio- he'd started bucking and refusing to move but clearly now I know he was just trying to say he was feeling a bit sore! 

                                   

Then today I schooled him not once, but twice! He was a very good boy for both and we're now back down to a snaffle again instead of the kimblewick! His trot work since having the physio is so, so much better, even my dad commented saying he was like a different horse. I really feel like we're starting to work a bit better as a team on the flat now and I've gone and booked my first riding lesson in four years for next week eeeeek. I think I just need an extra pair of eyes and outside mind to come and tell me how I need to be riding him and where to go to next in order for us to progress but I'm quite excited to see what a difference a few lessons will make! 

 I've decided to take 'improve my confidence jumping' off my goals list for this month, because jumping just isn't my priority anymore, I'm just not interested about it and I don't particularly miss it. Instead I'm just going to focus on getting a few lessons and cracking down on our schooling :)

Beth & Jack x