Lesson

Hello readers!

I had my lesson today, and it was so much fun!  I learned how to post the canter.  Posting the canter is so much fun!  You stand up in the stirrups for one stride, and sit down for the next and repeat.  Posting the canter is supposed to help keep your legs still and to keep horses that gradually change their speed to keep the same pace, because if they change their pace, the cantering will become uncomfortable.  This was good for Isabel, because it prevented her from slowing down.

We jumped 2 six and did lots of bending and gymnastic lines.  I think we did well, except when I would approach a jump and Isabel would try to change leads in front of it.  The jump was on a diagonal, and usually when I would canter across a diagonal,  I would make Isabel change the leads.  This day I wanted her to change leads over the jump and not on the diagonal line.  Since Isabel was expecting to change leads so much when I asked her to stay on the same lead she started bucking.

Overall the lesson went really well.

Today's Question:  Should salt be fed in a block or loose and added to grain?  Blocks provide constant access to salt, and horses can have a lick whenever they want to, but many horses despise the taste of those blocks, and can end up being deficient in salt.  When you feed loose salt you can be sure that your horse gets the salt you give to him, but you have to be constantly changing his salt amount to provide him with enough, and if you feed the wrong amount, that guarantees that your horse had the wrong amount, not a maybe.   There is no right or wrong answer.  Comment to broadcast your thoughts.


Thanks for reading,

Snowmochan