Midwest Driving Horse Training Logs

transitions, round halt without moving around or mouthing bit. Also worked more on keeping neck down and not getting quick

Fit to other cart, just incase Meadowbrook is not ready for show next weekend. Worked on transitions, neck down, rounding and figures, and steady gaits. Good boy

Worked on steady gaits, Starting to develop a slower, bouncier trot rather than a fast flat trot. Also worked on straightening, balance\, changing direction and transitions. Good girl

Worked on steady gaits, halt/stand, transitions, and direction changes. Very steady. Also worked again with noises beside and behind him at all gaits including halt. Gets better everyday.

Drove in French Link liverpool. Very good. Worked on keeping neck down and back up especially through direction/bend changes and transitions. Also worked on keeping steady gaits.

Very good boy. Long lined. Introduced drag. He did not seem to mind it at all. Hitched to drag. Worked on a lot of direction changes and transitions. He also was very good for standing to be hitched, standing in the washstall and standing in the cross ties.

Walked for about 45 min then turned out.

Worked on smooth, steady gaits, transitions, bending, following rein aids and paying attention/trusting human. He worked in the big dressage ring with the cows all in front of him. At first he did not like it at all but eventually learned to just relax and keep his mind on his work

Worked on transitions, figures, balance, bending and square halt.

Worked in both side poles, ground driving. Very good boy. Worked on transitions, changing direction, standing and waiting for instruction. There also was another horse in the arena and the kids were making noise and bouncing around. He did very well. He stopped just a couple times but for the most part stayed paying attention very well

Worked on steady gaits, noises around him, changing bend and transitions. Very good boy today

Worked on rounding, opening neck up a bit more and using loin/back more with engagment from behind. She is getting much better and better about using back end to push. She every now and then would get heavy and try to run through the aids with the D ring, I think I am going to find a liverpool french link or mullan mouth liverpool for her.

Very good boy today. Worked on long lines on changing direction, transitions, halt/stand. Introduced side poles. Ground drove with one at a time then both, very good boy. Also worked with noise behind him when he cannot see, At first he jumped but he got better and settled down very quickly

Worked on neck down, steady gaits, not getting too quick, bending, changing bend, figures. Saw Trish Sheils today. Had some stuck/tight spots in his neck and shoulders and jaw.

Worked on steady gaits, changing direction smoothly, without losing balance. Getting much better. Also worked on transitions and halt/STAND. Did a lot of work with noises behind him as well. Molly helped and made random noises around the arena. He started to get much more used to it. Good boy

Worked on steady gaits, transitions and figures. Very good girl. She is also starting to get better with her mouth and the bit

Steady forward gaits, changing bends, smooth transitions

Worked on transitions, halt/stand. Also worked on changing direction, steady gaits, scary stuff/noises coming in and out of view.

Lesson with Robin. Worked on dressage. Very good day. Worked on keeping neck down, not getting quick, collection/extention and canter

Worked outside with all the activity going on. Worked on a lot of walk work and just getting him to relax and follow the drivers aids. He got pretty good about staying relaxed and with me. The biggest problem I had was the big cows across the road kept moving and he did not want anything to do with them, but after a little while he settled down and got passed. Later that day I took him out and let him graze where he had to look at them and he very quickly got over it.