Olivia was being so responsive today that I decided to take off the rope and have a go at liberty. For about a minute she was good, but I could see her slowly figure out the rope was no longer attached, and then she just cantered off.
When she left, she went to the gate and then paced by the gate but at a canter. She's done this every time I let her off the line, and just ignores me. The worst bit was, when I put her back on line she was reallly unconfident. She also could not keep her feet still, so I thought ok, lets move LOTS until you do want to stay still, but she just wasn't thinking at all about what to do!!
I'm really confused, I sooo want to be good at liberty, and I feel like we are prepared because we can do everything on a slack rope, and I can even leave the rope on the floor and she does what I ask her. Its just when the rope is unhooked, she gets very confident and leaves.
Talk about opening a new can of worms, I guess I am glad I could read the horse, but it used to be sooo much simpler :P
We'll work on it tomorrow! x
Olivia is a very high spirited, opinionated mare. She's a great horse and offers so much; normally she is very forward going and listens. She is sensitive, and when asked too loudly she can throw a strop. I've had all sorts of challenges with her; rearing, bucking, refusing to move an inch! But as I always say, who on earth would want a perfect horse? She has loads to teach me and I have a feeling that our journey will be never ending.
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