Post by karla on Jan 2, 2006 23:33:45 GMT -5
Kate led dream into the arean and shut the gate behind her, dream looked around at the new arena and snorted her approval kate could tell that she was eyeing up the jumps. Kate led her over and told her to wait there for a few minuited while she changed some of the jumps, kate new dream would just wait for her, they had a special bond since kate had broken her in. Kate hurried around changing a few uprights into crosses and seting up acouple of grids, one with troting poles on the approach, a cross, a cantering pole, an upright, a cantering pole then a spread. And the other including a bounce wich would be good for dreams focusing. She also set up acouple of poles about 6 normal strides apart to use as a concentrating exercise she had learnt earlier from her old trainer. Kate walked over to dream, stroked her , put her left foot in the sturrip and swung aboard. Kate warmed her up for 20 minutes before she start schooling her in, once dream was listening and showing her full attention kate cantered her down the two poles wich dream put in 6 strides thne she turned, half halted her and sat stiller making her shorten her stride and put 7 strides in between the poles then once again she turned and came back down the poles but this time she used strong lower legs and dream lengthed her stride and put in only 5 strides," good gurl dream" Kate patted her and repeated this exercise a few more times, it was making her alot more alert, atentive and balanced. Only once kate was sure dream was fully warmed up did she face her with a jump. Kate troted her over the small cross poles a few times and then downt he grid, Troting poles, cross, stronglegs canter, pole, upright, leg, pole, spread, she repeated it a few more times until she felt that dream was perfecting it every time. Kate rode her down the other grid, the one with the bounce, Dream had only ever done a bounce a few times before and last times she had scared her self when she wasent prepared for the n ext jump being straight after it, this time Kate was ready to reasure Dream, she spoke to her , and used firm but kind aids and dream popped over them both only with alittle bit of hesition, Kate and dream jumped it a few more times unitll dream was totally comfortable and didnt hesitat at all then kate called it a day, deciding to end it on a good note. Kate unmonted ran up her sturrips and loosened her girth then she led her around the arena untill dreams breathing was back to normally and she was cooled of, "bath time dream, i bet youll enjoy a wash-of after that hard work" kate said and patted her sweaty neck pleased with her schooling