We went for a ride this weekend!<\/p>\n
First time I’ve been able to get The Goblin Child on a horse in a very long time. Honestly she didn’t want to get on this time. I think I lost my positive reinforcement training cred by forcing her to get on. With her on I left her to sit by the swing set and got Rusty ready to go.<\/p>\n
By the time I\u00a0 got done she was perfectly happy and ready to go ride.<\/p>\n
We walked around the arena and she was happy with it. I started out a little ways, giving her time to say no, she was good with it so we kept going. Around the yard and she was still happy so we kept going. I asked if she wanted to go back, she said no so we kept going. We had to circle back eventually, at the house I asked if she was ready to get off, she said no, so we kept going. Up the driveway, down the driveway, we kept going.<\/p>\n
Back in the arena she asked when she got to get off.<\/p>\n
Whenever you want! I jumped off immediately and helped her down. I didn’t give up nn positive reinforcement completely after all!<\/p>\n
Sometimes it can be better to face fears than to let them fester. She loved our ride, hopefully we can do it again\u00a0 this weekend.<\/p>\n
After taking off Rusty’s saddle he wandered off. I heard some banging and looked around the corner. Rusty had gone to visit our refrigerator. Apparently he likes that trick.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\n\t\t