No Carrots here!

I would just like to share how lovely Charlie is. We are having a quietish week as we have lost weight and need our saddle checked and I need braces.

So this morning we did groundwork.

The groundwork was just a little bit of working with head and neck to inside,rein back- dead straight, whoop whoop, that sneaked up on us bottom used to waggle in every direction. Leg yield and shoulder in.

We did our leg yield together, I nearly cried when I remember trying 12 to 18 months ago he was dreadful. Today I walked sideways very clearly crossing my legs and he did too we was like twins :D

We finished off in the school doing 'no carrot' stretches. I had a bag of hay and a clicker. Each stretch was achieved with clicker and a fist of hay. The stretches to shoulder need refining as we haven't done them for a while and Mr Poshcob has a naughty habit of rotating to make it easier. Apparently a half Nelson with one leg hooked around his ears is not the way to achieve this correctly no matter how tempting it may be. The stretches to his side were wonderful he could get to his stifle both sides and the the one between his legs was fantastic. So glad I was in the school as this involved him nearly sitting on his bottom to get to his beloved hay.

What amazed me was he was loose with a head collar on and I parked him on the long side so we had a wall for the side stretches. When I went back to my hay bag he would turn and watch until I came back with my hay twist tucked in my pocket.

The rest if the time he follows me around the school like a big dark bay Labrador. Just love this boy to pieces.