Then Tuesday we had another go in the school. He honestly went really well, he's starting to become a lot more willing in the school and to try a lot harder, he's no where near perfect but I'm generally quite happy with his way of going. He might not be a dressage pony as of yet, but there's no obvious faults or areas of concern where his flatwork is concerned and he could probably go out and do a dressage test to the same level Sparkie did when I evented him (and he was somehow coming back with 35s!). I decided to try playing with the contact a bit, giving and retaking my reins to see whereabouts he was happiest and I actually got some really nice work out of him; not perfect, but he was flexed to the inside and soft through the contact. We then braved it out on a little hack to cool down and he was foot/hoof perfect the whole way. We didn't go far, just a 10 minute amble to cool down but he was super :)
Today he was meant to have the dentist out... well. Long story short, she was unable to do his teeth or well, really get near him in general. Very frustrating, but I can't hold it against him or be cross with him as he was genuinely terrified there was no nastiness or naughtiness about the whole situation, I think it's just going to be a long process before we try again. We did go out for a hack after wards and actually managed the longest hack (by ourselves can I just say!) we've ever done and he was super boy. He had a few napping moments, but nothing serious, mainly just turning round to go towards home but he went forwards again as soon as I turned him back round, so nothing unmanageable. In fact, if he does that out hacking the rest of his life, I'd still take that and count it as success because I had a really lovely, relaxing time out exploring with him- so that's three very successful hacks this week!
Beth & Jack x
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