right well the patterns is comming along well

have added a new one where vinur knocks a potnoodle pot over to get a treat, its taking quite a while for him to get starte but then all of a sudden he knows what to do and thats it theres no stopping him.

i spent sometime with our friends horse, whilst he was in and taught it to him and he picked it up alot quicker than vinur, but that just shows how differently horses can learn, or highlights how little they do with him and how much he enjoyed doing something.

had a lovely long hack the other day nothing particular worth mentioning other than having a direction issue over the fields, but it might be due to him having more interest in all of the sheep rather than me leaving the reins on his neck.

that reminds me now riding in horseman reins, with slobbers and with the newer bit, its made such a difference, found hes much happier in the mouth with this bit ans the reins with slobbers mean hes becomming far more sensitive. so am very happy about that.

am now considering going to celebrations, so will spend some time with ticket factory tommorow to find the best seats, would like either block 4, 5, 12 or 13, as these are pretty much in the middle to get the best overall view.

am considering going on a charity ride in the next few weeks with vinur, unfortunately it will all be with non horsemanship peoples so am wondering what they will think to my new reins and different riding style, not to mention the 'little pony' mixed within the big hunter style horses. might be fun to be so diferent, but also very daunting.

have had a few thoughts about emotional fitness, however after reading a few other non parelli things am questioning some of what the parelli's have written, but wont say too mcuh or make up my mind until after tomorrow night.

ooh dear ! so much for writing here more often.

oh well i wont beat myself up over it, at least i write when i can.

so whats new, i've actually started patterns now, rather than progressing through the levels, however am still using levels as a knowledge base.

vinur is loving touch it, everything he can possibly touch he touches, so we've had to up the skill level a bit now and ask him for more before he gets a reward. i've found that it helps if i ask him out loud, specificly to touch something an then ask him, ok in real terms hes not listening to me but is rather picking, up on my concentration on a certain object.

i have also taken the work that sara is doing with lifiting legs and trying to incorperate it into touch this with that leg, with fantastic results, we had touch a cone with one foot, then with his nose. next step might be to touch with other foot.

soon its time to reclip him, and rug him up, so am thinking again how to be soft with clippers and take time, so rather than do it on a week day, will prob do it at the wekkend.

have also been thinking lots about feedback that vinur gives us, i.e. if he had a good time the day before he is extremely easy to catch, however if something 'bad' happens then hes quite ifficult, i.e. the denist oing his teeth. playing about with that and quite enjoying the positive feedback.