Brandy Lesson Feb 20

I had a great lesson on Jasper today. Sometimes I get frustrated with myself because he is such different ride from Teddy. Teddy was very heavy and it took a lot to get him going. Jasper is much more responsive and reacts to leg aids so I have to re-learn how to ride, undoing muscle memory of 8.5 years of riding Teddy. 

Today we worked on leg yielding. I have sit up tall, don't lean forward because that puts him on the forehand. We focused on leg yielding to the left, moving him off my right leg. Our right side is the dominant side for both of us, so have to soften the side up. I need to be more clear with my leg aid so he doesn’t lean on my right leg. Half halt and bump with the leg. Keeping his left shoulder parallel to the fence otherwise we are not leg yielding we are doing a diagonal line.