Pull throughs take two

Jemma

The course this week was fun, even if the weaves took us a few attempts - first time I gave her the wrong command, second time I pushed her far to wide and 3rd time I didn't work them all the way to the end, I think we got them fourth time though!!! She worked the rest of the course really nicely and her contacts were much better than last week!! Lel had then kindly set up a sort of circle of jumps with different gaps and traps between the jumps for us to practise our pull throughs - she is sooooo kind :P However, we did much better than last week and we did them both sides as well!! It was my shoulders that were causing us our problems but I worked on them and they got better :) We finally worked on her going out round the jumps and she did this VERY nicely :D

Elliot

He also struggled with the weaves, mainly because he either landed short and so missed the entrance, or I pushed him too far wide and he missed it!! He also then kept coming out too early, again beacuse I didn't work them all the way to the end!! He then struggled with a set of jumps set at a zigzag but that he could jump in a straight line!! We worked on it though and he then got the hang of it bless him!! We worked on him coming tighter round jumps - it basically just involved me talking to him, whoops!! We finished by working on the dreaded pull throughs and we were loads better than last week, yay!!! We struggled a little bit but no where near as much, and when it did go wrong I was able to save it, evenif it was at walking pace!!! Next week we will be even better (fingers crossed!!)!!