Another busy day with horses and dogs. Mike is away mountain biking in Wales so I've taken over dog walks as well as horses. Everything seems to need feeding/exercising at the same time!! 

Me and Eva had fabulous lessons with Ruth this arvo. Me and Buddy did some jumping over 3 little jumps and she got me to ride my canter rather than focusing on the jump. By the end we had a nice canter and a nice pop over the jump instead of canter-pause and have a look -hurl ourselves over- collapse in a heap the other side style, which is very hard to sit. She got me sitting up more and not dropping my hands before the fence and pushing my lower leg forward. Love it when we have a lesson like that when we actually seem to make some progress.

Eva did a similar exercise but over poles and smaller jumps only her focus was keeping the rhythm and being a bit firmer with her aids - so telling him rather than asking so he doesn't take matters into his own hands. She did suggest we maybe needed to look at a different bit too make life easier for her as he does tend to lean into her hands and she's really having to make an effort to pick him up in front, which is really tiring for her.

Did all the jobs, home to walk the dogs and cool dinner and water the garden while we still can and now I'm pooped!