Little & Often

AM  Short in-hand walk, done after his heat therapy to maximize relaxation. Our route was halfway between the path to the water trough, which is a gimme, and the path up the hill, which caused his come-apart last fall.

PM  First day back to double sessions, so I groomed until his head came down & he yawned.  Then, we walked quietly to the ring, did a microscopic amount of ground work, declared victory, and came home.

Gold stars all around.

Anyone else out there on two-a-days?

We begin. Again.

We are in the second week of short, in-hand walks around the pasture.  Given the combined talent of horse & rider, this is an astounding level of underachievement. The theory is to identify exercises where gold stars can be handed out by the fistful. The goal is to get back to a place where he likes work & I like him. Buried under 16 months of set-backs is the marvelous mid-life crisis horse who so enchanted me when we met.

Anyone want to share their frustration story?  Preferably one with a happy ending?