As you can see, she's coming along well with this. If you compare this video to the first lunging video, you can see the slight progress she's making. Her gaits are a bit more collected than they used to be.
After lunging, I practiced riding Gunny on a loose rein, at a walk, in a figure 8 pattern. At first she was a bit tense, but began to relax after a few minutes. I didn't realize it until almost the end of the ride, but I was leaning forward slightly, which I believe was causing her to want to go a bit faster. I was trying to stay off of her mouth except for to bump her the way I wanted to turn. I think me trying to keep my arms out forward to encourage a long frame made me subconsciously lean forward. Oops! That's something I have to work on. At the very end of the ride, I sat up and back slightly and I felt her relax and go slower. Once she relaxed her head and I felt her complying with my wishes, I got off and called it a day.
We still have lots of work to do, but it's good to see things get better, slowly.
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