Gypsy and I attended the Rafter XX Parelli play day last Saturday. It was wonderful to catch up with fellow Parelli friends after a long winter. The morning was for playing in the arena with the horses and obstacles and the afternoon was dedicated to riding and playing with cattle! One of these days we'll stay for the cattle, but because of my injured hamstring, I didn't ride.However, Gypsy had great recall despite the long inactive winter. We did all 7 games with various 
obstacles and she did really well. I attempted to get her to canter online again (she was able to do this last fall for the L2 tasks at the outside arena at Fultonvale), but she couldn't do any more than a couple strides before going back to a fast trot. I tried a few times more, but she couldn't do it. I really don't know what to do to get that working better. I'll try again at Fultonvale when the snow is gone and maybe 
see if it's a space issue for her? If I can get her going again there, maybe work from there to seeing if she can start circling smaller. She cantered really well freestyle at Fultonvale too, but always seems to have trouble in smaller indoor arenas. Not sure why?
obstacles and she did really well. I attempted to get her to canter online again (she was able to do this last fall for the L2 tasks at the outside arena at Fultonvale), but she couldn't do any more than a couple strides before going back to a fast trot. I tried a few times more, but she couldn't do it. I really don't know what to do to get that working better. I'll try again at Fultonvale when the snow is gone and maybe 
see if it's a space issue for her? If I can get her going again there, maybe work from there to seeing if she can start circling smaller. She cantered really well freestyle at Fultonvale too, but always seems to have trouble in smaller indoor arenas. Not sure why?Amy had also brought in a pedestal for us to play with. At first Gypsy wasn't much interested in getting up on it, but soon I had her standing on it with her front feet. By the end of the day though, with a little help getting that 3rd foot on it, she had all 4 feet on it. And she looked so proud of herself! I think it would be fun to have one of these at home and work on driving either the back end around with the front end on the pedestal or vice versa. On line and freestyle!
The best part of the day was having Equine Therapist Doug Moran work on Gypsy and help me with my saddle shimming. Gypsy has a fair sway in her back and I think that may be the source of some of the riding issues I have with 
her. I am really anxious to try riding her with the new shim pattern to see if it makes a difference, but that'll have to wait until my hamstring is better. However, just having him work on her though... she became so visibly more relaxed and calm after he worked with her, I nearly cried! She was also noticeably straigher in the back after he was done with her. I will definitely get him to see her again soon. The change was amazing.
her. I am really anxious to try riding her with the new shim pattern to see if it makes a difference, but that'll have to wait until my hamstring is better. However, just having him work on her though... she became so visibly more relaxed and calm after he worked with her, I nearly cried! She was also noticeably straigher in the back after he was done with her. I will definitely get him to see her again soon. The change was amazing.
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