Getting the most out of training
Okapi42
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I've got a lesson with a dressage instructor tomorrow - far too high-level for me and Jack, I think, but the barn owner suggested I try it... Twice the price of my normal lesson, but it could really be worth it! And it's in a proper indoor arena for a change, not the odd-shaped muddy paddock we usually use.
I'm hoping to go to the barn early, get a 20-minute hack in to settle him, and then load him on the trailer in peace, but I'm still rather nervous. I have a feeling it's just going to be him resisting the leg and me panicking, and the trainer wondering what we're doing coming to her.
So, MFPers, when you get a chance like that, how do you get the most out of it?
I'm hoping to go to the barn early, get a 20-minute hack in to settle him, and then load him on the trailer in peace, but I'm still rather nervous. I have a feeling it's just going to be him resisting the leg and me panicking, and the trainer wondering what we're doing coming to her.
So, MFPers, when you get a chance like that, how do you get the most out of it?
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Go with the flow. Don't be nervous because Jack can sense when you are.
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Hah, that's the trouble, isn't it? Got back from a ride today and told one of the other girls that he panicked when he saw a truck coming. She said "are you sure it wasn't his rider that panicked"?
But I suppose you're right. Just see what she wants me to do, it might not be all impossible.0
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