week in progress quarters in – traver

I have decided to sell shetan. the main reason is that I am almost sure it will take a lof of time to calm him down to be an ok horse to use with my students… I already have Laranja who is a rescued horse and now a rehab horse that I sustain and cannot use on the classes… and last year I gave Eragon because of the same reason. Shetan is one of the most beautiful horses I have ever seen, all black, all flexible, a dream. but in a practical way I need another horse for the kids and for the classes, not for me.

anyway its a hard decision. I always get thinking that if a horse came to us is for some reason, and I feel I have to give shetan a chance.

on thursay, when Gera came to photograph, he was totally messed up. no concentration at all! riding only on walk was awfull, he could not relax, me neither. and we had done a lot of groundwork before, just trying to get his attention! the day before, wednesday, I spent a lot of time trying to make our bounds better… and in the end of the session I felt we were conected. what happened in betwwen wednesday and thursday was that I left him loose with the mares, so I was thinking that maybe he had entered in that stallion state, looking for them…

but on friday I had a totally different horse! all calm and cooperative, willing to learn! we mange to make one step after other on quarters in, what was impossible on the days before. we are still strugling because its a challenge for him to equilibrate using his right hind foot, and always he puts his left foot inside, even with the quarters in, he seems do not trust his right front foot to carry his weight. I did a lot of exercises like shoulders in on the circle to the right just trying to exercite this leg, and it worked, because he could do some steps on QI to the left (right hind on the point of mass).

alter this session, that was very tuff for both me and him, he was all calm and nice and I took of the cavesson and he remained there. he was really there, not like yesterday that he was totally out and I could not catch his attention no matter how many goodies I gave him. so today I saw another partner and lets see how this feeling evolutes, or if we will have a lot of ups and downs or if this calmness will keep on his mind for our next sessions. ????