JBandRio's Journal

Miss Nip continues to please me She retained everything from the last ride, the quiet trotting. Now don't get me wrong, we still have to go through out 1 leg doesn't meant go, but now 2 legs does", and then get past the initial fast trotting. BUT, everything progressed much faster today - time was probably cut in half.

And, much to everyone's amazement I'm sure I have........VIDEO!

They are big though, so I need to figure out how to reduce their size. So...

JBandRio

Well well well, this must have been, like, the best ride, like, EVERRRRRRRRR

Seriously - Catnip is so smart and learns so quickly once she figures out the right path. She makes up about seventyzillion possible paths and searches every one of them. But when she realizes she finds the right one, she just zooooms on down it!

We started out with the usual - No Catnip, one legs does NOT mean go. Right leg at the girth means move your wiggly shoulders left....

JBandRio

It's been about 2 weeks since the last update. Nothing much to report - most of the same, some regression - all to be expected.

I must admit one day last week I was just plain ol' frustrated at the situation. I shouldn't be, I have no right to be, but stuff happens, you know? It was never in my plans to ONLY have a green bean to ride. I'd always intended on having one going (Rio, in this case) and bringing one along (Catnip in this case). When I was bringing Rio along I had my...

JBandRio

Did you know that a pony is perfectly capable of trotting with her nose ON the ground AND while moving in a 5m circle? And that the rider of said pony can manage not to fall off due to laughing her a$$ off?

Well now you do

JBandRio

What seems to work best for her is big lazy fig 8's and serpentines. She seems to actually really like the curvy figures more than straight lines. Maybe the racing background? Not sure - never had one who seemed to prefer the curving lines! So we did more of that today - nearly 200' long ring, and we'd get 3 lazy serpentines in it, circles are 1/2 the ring (100' diameter circle, roughly). She's a real thinker, and I think she just likes the challenge of the curve - it's certainly more interesting,...

JBandRio