Today I rode Rebel and we did pole work on caveleties (which is what the picture to the left is). We would trot through the poles, and then canter directly after. This is extremely hard for the horse because it forces them to pick up their legs, and use their hind legs when pushing off into the canter. Since rebel is still being trained in dressage he is not very good at this, and it is extremely hard for him, and he does not like it very much. The beginning of my lesson started off rocky, and rebel bucked a lot, at one point he kicked the wall. Ive gotten a lot better about handling horses when they start to put up a fight during my lessons. It doesn't scare me anymore, in fact i normally laugh when it happens. After Rebel got over his issues the ride went really well. We ended the lesson with a very strong trot and canter, and it is clear that Rebel has improved his gates greatly since I first started ridding him.
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