Early Monday morning, more riding in the arena. Loping and going forward is what I am concentrating on, guiding around at a lope. Knight is beginning to get the idea to move away from pressure where ever it comes from. I am looking for him to develop a better attitude about it, it will come. Monday afternoon, I took Knight to a Christian Cowboy Youth Camp for a demonstration. It was Hot, the horse flies were thick, very humid. The horse flies don't' seem to bother Knight very much. As I talk to the kids at the camp and demonstrated some horse handling techniques I noticed there was a girl in the crowd with a bull whip under her chair.
I asked her if she knew how to make that whip pop? She did! So I had her begin to pop that whip and walk pass Knight while she was popping the whip and he just looked at her. After our talk I loped Knight around the field where the camp ground was. I can feel resistance in him to go certain places, so I rode him pretty aggressively to show my lack of approval for his attitude about moving forward. The more he rebels the harder I ride. The freer he becomes, the softer I ride. He is starting to develop a better attitude and I am pleased with his performance.
I feel like we are at a good spot.
