Romy wrote:
Does Blacky also see this as pressure when you are trotting over the poles together with him?
Well, if I run over them he runs along with me - around the poles.
He's kind of sneaky in that. I'm not sure if he thinks it is pressure either, or if he just finds is annoying/stupid/boring/tiring, but he doesn't want to do it. He loves jumping, but not trotting over things. Today we just walked and trotted around the paddock because - inspired by this topic!
- I wanted to ask him to stretch his gaits a bit more, especially his trot. And every time we crossed the plank lying on the ground or encountered the tree trunk that's across the track, he jumps over it, even if he just could have walked.
But we'll see. I noticed that after walking around in a long, faster stride and trotting also in a higher tempo (not Blacky's regular western-jog without any suspension
), he suddenly started to jump up a millimeter more whenever I asked him to go back from trot to walk. Are we some day going to have a suspension moment in our trot????