Me and my rollercoaster emotions...

Joining the Savvy Club has taught me many things, but the most important thing I've learned since I've joined is that Canyon is a screaming (or lack thereof) RBI (with LBI moments). This is slightly difficult for me to accept for some strange reason. When I first bought her, she was most definitely extroverted, but as she's settled in, she's gone in the other direction. This is all fine and dandy, believe me, it's just that now I'm having a very hard time deciding if she's going inside her "shell" or if she really is calm. It also doesn't help that I am quite impatient and hyper (...pretty sure I'm a LBE), and that I'm having a hard time capturing her interest. During our session today, her ears hardly ever went up, and I don't like to see that. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong, which I probably am. I feel like I'm rushing her, which I don't want to do, but I also don't want to misread her and bore her to death. I suppose all I can really do is research RBIs as much as I possibly can, and I think that going to my trainer's barn in a few days will help immensely. I just had to vent a little bit, I guess.

Anyway, on a brighter note, I used some of the Fluidity exercises during my bareback ride today, and the result was fantastic. For the first time, Canyon's trot slowed down, her stride lengthened, and she listened to the aids in my seat and legs and trotted a lovely circle. This is the first day in a long time that our ride has been better than our on-line play session!