Today Tango was a dream. Not an ounce of tension in him, and he was totally through. He recieved an aid and said, "sure, I can do that!"
The ride did not resemble this:
Nor did it resemble this:
Instead, I felt like this:
In the nitty gritty, we rode Training Level Test 1 after a quiet warm-up, and he felt really good. Our canters were smooth, he moved away from my leg without fuss, and then we even did some shoulder-in both directions, and he felt good. Mostly he cantered super quietly, so that made me happy, as per above.
Knock on wood, but things are looking up with him!
However, after initial acquisition, random practice leads to higher quality learning. https://guidancesports.com/
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