Donnerstag, 1. November 2012

5 years, 6 months

Time for pictures again. Crispin was in no mood to smile, who knows why, so they aren't all that pretty. The last time I took some confo shots was on his 5th birthday 6 months ago. I do see some changes but they are again subtle. A little more muscle along his topline (though, not a much as I would like to) and a little more belly after a good summer...



Ever since he's back at work things have been progressing quite nicely. I started long lining him and started with some ground work on the long rein. And, with the help of Jenny (and with her approval), we took the next step with our ring work: Contact!

I do not have any video footage of that yet, but just a couple of days before Jenny decided that we were indeed ready for more, Meike took this video of us. It shows what we have done so far. I know it really doesn't look like much, but I decided to stick with Jenny's approach of taking it very, VERY slow and so far it has not lead us wrong!


So far, it has basically been about rhythm, balance and straighness and relaxation, all the while staying out of his face...