2nd Day of Libby Clinic

Okay, so today was better. It would have started better if I had shown up with more confidence and energy. The lack of energy came from not sleeping much last night thinking about yesterday. The lack of confidence came from my frustration and not knowing why Chance had such a tough day. The good news was that after about 1/2 an hour of ground work I was riding him. Improvement there. He is still REALLY stuck though. The 1st time I asked him to trot he gave me a little crow hop. So a gradual increase of speed was key to eventually getting a trot. It was sticky all afternoon, I ended with one fairly good ride around the ring. On another note some toys where brought into the ring, a black bucket with a ball in it, noodles and a large pvc pipe bridge to ride under. Hanging from the pipe was bright orange strands of tape, gold and silver garland and a couple of baloons. This was fun for Chance. He likes to investigate new things and had no trouble with any of it. I think it would have been more fun if he was relaxed and not so stuck. But I'll take what I got today and hopefully tomorrow will be even better.