Met my instructor yesterday and had a very rewarding lesson, first "real" finesse-lesson and we learned alot.
Since Nalle is an arabian he's not the ultimate dressage-horse but my goal isnt to have a horse to do dressage with but to help my horse get stronger and more athletic with the help of dressage.
Daniel joined me and it was really fun to see him play a bit with the little 3-year old lady, that I've been playing with, when the rest of us ate lunch and was really boring in her eyes, he dont have the skills yet but he got a feeling for it. After I had my lesson with Nalle and we were ready to load and go home I had to fix some things in the arena and when I got out to the trailer Daniel was about to load Nalle, that was really fun to see because Nalle didnt trust him at all before. When I couldnt load Nalle and before I started to work on that I had Daniel to help me shut the door when we were going somewhere so when I started to practise the trailerloading Nalle didnt allow Daniel anywhere near the trailer, if he heard him he rushed out saying "oh no, you're not gonna get me!". So that Daniel could load him now is a sign for me that Nalle is really confident with the trailer and that he trusts us not to trick him.
That's wonderful Emelie. Don't forget that loading is one of the three things that Pat talks about being the sign of a good horseman - loading, liberty and lead changes. If you can help a horse to be confident enough to trust you to go inside a metal cave on wheels, you've done a great job!
SvaraRadera~ Beth, Parelli Central