It happened! Kona got her flyng changes last night - I've been working with her for MONTHS, since our last lesson with Ellen back in May, and she finally got it! We also worked on it from the hunter/jumper approach with Noni. Although she's been getting closer and closer, it was really hard for her and she couldn't get her feet organized. She got mad, she went sideways, she'd stomp her feet and shake her head. I had pretty much concluded she couldn't do it. But last night, she jumped into the change when I wasn't really asking for it, and voila! And we did it again tonight, with a bit of help from Susan on how to set her up and to use the whip to tap as I ask for the change. Kona tried to buck, which she can't do, fortunately! and then she didn't need the tapping to tell her to switch. Now we can work on fine tuning it, making her wait for me to tell her when to do the change.
Kona always approaches these things with a "don't tell me what to do , I know how" kind of attitude. Wonder where she got that? ha ha.... but now she's figured it out and it will be so fun to use the changes in our jumping and of course, to advance to 3rd level and beyond. ALSO, she has such a wonderful trot now, with an amazing collected balanced trot and a big medium trot.
Piaffe and passage, here we come!
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