troubles and triumphs

today was good for ruger. she's a different one..and will be more than worth the payoff once this is all done. She wants so much to stand and be good, but every once in a while she will just lose it. I started messing with the longe whip today, first standing at a distance and bumping it all over her body, around her ears and head..she was cool with that after about 20 mins, so i moved to a smaller dressage whip so i could stand closer to her and she did great with that, i also got close enough to grab her lead rope today. We had a lesson in "whoa" and "when i pull this way, you follow" and i must say she is a smart one! She was good for a good 2 hours, then she seemed pissed and didn't want to work anymore, so i asked her for one more good thing, and quit for today. lets hope tomarrow she still remembers everything from today! She's also getting better about people walking by the front of her stall. It used to terrify her, but now she just stands there and snorts instead of running around wildly and crashing into things. I want to put her back in the round pen tomarrow and work her so she isn't quite as wound up, plus i can get some "whoa" down and such.

my mom's horse didn't get worked today... my parents went out of town for valentines day, but they are coming back for a whole day of mustang-ing tomarrow.

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