I actually did work with her a little be the week before, but we didn't do a whole lot. Mostly just standing to be groomed. This past Friday though I had a day off from work and decided to spend at least an hour just working with Maya.
I did not start by grooming, I took her directly to the arena after getting her to move past the gelding that she is in love with. She still stops and presents to him, but it's taking less time for me to get her to focus back on me.
We played the friendly game first and she did great, I used the stick and string all over and she was fine. I used her rope on her back and legs and over her head and again she was fine.
Porcupine went well, she is very sensitive so I am learning how to apply just enough pressure and to release at the right time.
Driving game went well
Yo yo she begins to move at phase two but I still need to go to phase three sometimes and she is returning to me fairly easily.
Circling game we are working on her just walking around 3 times and then yielding hindquarters and coming in, which she is doing with minimal use of the stick.
Sideways I suck at and need to work on before I confuse the crap out of her. Part of it is no actual hard fence to use, just the soft tape of the arena. Will work on this.
Squeeze game worked with between me and fence line and over posts.
We also practiced figure eight with cones which she did very well at which surprised me. My sending cues did not seem to confuse her at all.
We worked on fly spray and I think that mostly she doesn't like it, but won't freak out if I take it slow and steady, this horse does not like things being done TO her but if I approach and show her the bottle, spray the air a few times and watch her reactions, she stands very well.
We ended with me practicing putting the bareback pad on her and rubbing her with it.
So far even though she's a little more spooky than I like, she has not acted at all like the crazy horse that Christine took out a month ago... I am hoping that as I build the relationship with her and play with her, that her and I will bond and she will become a great partner for me.
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