Dixie

Well Dixie has been doing great! I'll have to put up a more detailed post later but for now I'll just give a short but sweet summary.

Dixie had her first canter - with me riding bareback - the other night! I was SO proud. No bucks or anything.

Then the other day I rode her in the pasture on top of the blanket bareback and she trotted and cantered while I was bareback and bridleless...Cocoa was racing her. I wasn't planning on that..just walking but she started trotting and I was like I'll just sit it out. It was ah-mazing.

A couple days ago then I hopped on and we trotted ( I rode her bareback with my slippery snowpants on top of her stable blanket) down the DNR road. Then I asked her to canter and she went into a really fluid Slow canter! I was super impressed for atleast 10 strides. I asked her to come down to a trot and she did right away. We did more canter and trot transitions and she did a little crow hop a couple of the times. It was cute and then just continued on cantering. Finally on the way back we cantered fast!!! :) She was having fun and stopped and backed right up when I asked.

I can't believe how with ease she takes new things, and is so open. We haven't done a lot of riding...because she's young and still growing and I want to get the groundplaying down pat..but she offers things to me..! Riding too. We have barely trotted in an enclosed area..and she is already cantering beautifully down the backroad and on the trails. I can't believe her!! :)