Moomin
3rd May 2005, 06:25 PM
Just wondered about other people's experiences playing at liberty?
Moo has always done some bits of liberty quite naturally with me but I've spent the last couple of days refining it to build up her lost confidence after her accident. Im also lucky that we have a purpose built sand round corral at my yard, so it would be rude not to take advantage of the facilities really!! ;)
Anyway she's been doing so, so well at it. I used the round pen to work on her circling as she has been a bit inconsistent - running off to the other end of the school when she's bored or doesn't quite get it - and bless her it took ten minutes before she was doing it like the horse on the video - smug pony and smug me!! :p :D
She's even starting to do some jumps and obstacles and she feels so proud of herself when she's done - giving her the responsibility really works. I can even turn her out at liberty now which is a lovely party trick! She also copies me so we can 'dance' together. She loves playing at liberty. I love it too - its proof that all that hard work was worth it - as they say, all you have left when you take off the rope and halter is the truth.
Wondering who else does it and how they find it and how their horse likes it?
Moo has always done some bits of liberty quite naturally with me but I've spent the last couple of days refining it to build up her lost confidence after her accident. Im also lucky that we have a purpose built sand round corral at my yard, so it would be rude not to take advantage of the facilities really!! ;)
Anyway she's been doing so, so well at it. I used the round pen to work on her circling as she has been a bit inconsistent - running off to the other end of the school when she's bored or doesn't quite get it - and bless her it took ten minutes before she was doing it like the horse on the video - smug pony and smug me!! :p :D
She's even starting to do some jumps and obstacles and she feels so proud of herself when she's done - giving her the responsibility really works. I can even turn her out at liberty now which is a lovely party trick! She also copies me so we can 'dance' together. She loves playing at liberty. I love it too - its proof that all that hard work was worth it - as they say, all you have left when you take off the rope and halter is the truth.
Wondering who else does it and how they find it and how their horse likes it?