Lew Lew Light bulb
I took Lew Lew for my lesson this week, and I am SO GLAD I did. We had several big lightbulb moments. Notice my feet off in no-where land looking for his belly. The first is that we do actually have a nicely forward walk and trot now - as long as I spend the first 5 minutes of the ride saying FORWARD no matter what. If he canters, cool. If he flings his head, so what. If he zooms, even better. Then we can just settle into whatever gait I want and cruise. The canter is still a major work in progress, but I have to force myself to ride in bigger areas at home and really encourage him, because the work we got in this lesson was NICE! Lookin sexy The second is that Lew is so slab sided that my leg feels completely different on him. I was pulling my heels so far back looking for his belly that I was basically unseating myself in every upward transition. The new method is to gently use my calves and follow up with voice and crop as needed - I mainly s...
