Trailer loading...

was no big deal. She was a very good girl! She walked right up to the trailer, sniffed the floor, put her front feet on, ate a treat, looked around and then walked the rest of the way onto the trailer. She unloaded backwards nicely. We went and hand grazed a little bit and then went back and repeated the whole deal just to make sure the first time wasn't a fluke. Wonderful enough, she did the same process on the second time loading into the trailer. She was a good girl and I am very relieved that trailer loading was not a big deal. Go Drifter.

Progress

Today we did some long lining at the trot. She was great! It is nice to see her improving at the trot and with several changes of direction she was become more supple. She is still more stiff to the right, but I know this will improve with more work. I should probably add in some massage and stretching.

She has been goon on the cross ties and with picking her feet.

On Tuesday I lunged her outside with side reins. I really don't have the right configuration for them, so I think I may delay using them much more. Plus, one got caught on the gate as we were leaving and she bent the snap trying to get away. She also bit my thumb when I was giving her a bath and trying to hold onto the treat to delay the reward. It really hurt and now it hurts to shake someone hand who squeezes hard! It was really my fault though! I think I have gotten comfortable in expecting that things will be "fine" with her and have overestimated her understanding and maturity in less then two months.