Catalina (lessons with Carole)

Yesterday I rode Catalina outside and there was a lot going on. She was very quiet and well behaved. The day before she had a nervous day so i was cautious not to put too much pressure on her in the beginning of the work out.
I went right away to my  square and when she was balance did my leg yields.
Carole watched and said to start adding more inside leg and outside rein to the turns.
Catalina was very good about not running away from my leg and did the right thing by engaging her inner hind leg and coming more onto the  outside rein.

So the message of the lesson was when the young horse is good on the outside rein begin with the inside leg to the outside rein.
Remember in the beginning of the square we are just teaching outside alone as we approach the turn and then inside leg and rein alone as we step through the turn.
now we begin adding the inside leg and outside rein together.
we can not use two aids together until the horse understands each aid alone.

Remember as we advance along the training scale with a young horse they will need many reminders along the way of prior lessons.  Sometimes it's 2 steps forward one step back but remember that the big picture should always show steady improvement and the young horse must go at their own speed so as not to ever loose "heart" or confidence.