South Australia Fun!

Great camp these past 4 days in South Australia! Looking forward to Day 5 tomorrow! Here is a grey photo of the group from last night during sunset! YEP, that's right, we started at 9:00 AM, and didn't finish until 7:00 PM, ... and we had happy, connected horses (we did take a break in the middle of the day to avoid the heat!) This photo was after an evening session on Monkey Riding

(riding with a fixed rein position in order to build your horse's confidence with traveling in a frame and preparing for Finesse), as well as a session on the mechanics of good simple lead changes, and another fabulous Demo from Carmen Smith on warming up strong to ride soft with an extraverted horse!

A sunset ride up the hill in the golf cart!

We have also had some fabulous fun on the 45' line! Remembering to help our horses experience the freedom of cantering and galloping truly forward is a fantastic way to develop mental, emotional, and physical fitness! I had a super fun demo on maintaining gait at the canter, focusing on "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LAPS! ... its about causing your horse to think "I should CHECK in with my human before changing gait!""

Lastly! For my own personal development I got to play with a very fun horse and do a bridling demo ... sharing the importance of having both Obedience and Exuberance in your bridling! It was a great demo for me, because I was able to cause the horse to make some great changes ... and not get direct line about putting my goal of bridling the horse in front of the importance of the relationship! 

PHEW! We have been up to a lot! When was the last time you got to spend 5 days immersed in Savvy? Tomorrow will be all about Fun, Purpose, and a little Fancy Dress! Bring it on! and make sure you get yourself and your horse to a clinic soon ;)

Lillan