MORE TROT WORK
I spent a lot of time trotting Simon this evening. I insisted on him moving quicker into a trot when asked by taking the end of the macate and tapping him on the hip, just lightly tapping. He is very sensitive and doesn't need a lot of encouragement, even when he is being lazy. I focused on trying to create a pattern that he could easily anticipate, focus forward, lift reins and inhale, take the slack out of the reins, hold slight upward pressure, squeeze with my legs and click, pick up the macate and tap him on the hip. Even though the tap did encourage movement, Simon is a little slow to anticipate and avoid the coming tap by moving into a trot when I squeezed him with my legs and click to him. We also worked on shoulder control at the walk and trot, and practiced transitions from a trot to a halt. Simon is also having difficulty reading the cues leading up the the halt.
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