DT :>If he bounces around on Shiloh enough he will have "buns of
DT :>steel".  Do
DT :>you take his reins and stirrups away from him and make him
DT :>do gymnastics
DT :>while you work Shiloh on the lungeline?
I'm barely allowed to tell him anything!!  He really wants to learn by doing, 
so we're walking that fine line between him learning to ride on his own, my 
trying to tell him the correct way, and trying not to ruin the horse!!  
Sometimes this is NOT fun!!
DT :>I guess she is pretty steady on a lungeline.  Its really
DT :>exciting when
She's not very experienced with lunging.  We're working on it.  She learns 
really fast, and is willing, and that's what counts!
DT :>difficult.  If
DT :>they fed while we were working she got mad and trotted as
DT :>straight
DT :>legged as she could.  It was like riding a pogo stick.  The
DT :>worst of it
DT :>was that I thought it was funny and I would get the giggles
DT :>and really
DT :>loose it.
Sometimes laughter is the only recourse!  I've learned that laughing is far 
better than getting mad!  I laugh at Fiddle all the time, which might tell 
you somethinig (g).
Meg  
 
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