Yesterday Catalina had her first experience outside with the outdoor ring surrounded by lawn mowers.
She lunged good but i could tell she was a little worried.
After lunging i walked her around from the ground for quite a while and when she took a deep breath and relaxed i stopped her and mounted from the ground.
No one was holding her and she stood perfectly still the whole time i mounted and waited until i asked her to move forward.
She seemed completely comfortatable with the mowers.
I only walked her as 40 minutes had already passed and that was enough of a lesson for the day.
we walked back to the barn through the feild and I got off her very pleased.
Next time i might even be able to give her a normal workout dispite distractions like loud lawn mowers.
These things can be great training opportunities for any horse but one must not push the horse past their ability to be relaxed and focused.
My Dad use to always say "a nervous horse can't learn anything"
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