09/12/2025
This is the face of a Monkey that is very proud of herself! I really need to get my Pivo up and running and start recording rides because she would have given an absolute masterclass in what a stretch walk can be, and you could have seen her put her neck through a full range of length from upright to nose on the ground without a change in her tempo, rhythm, or shifting her weight forward onto forehand, because she was equally pushing and carrying on each limb through a rounded back and lifted thoracic sling. There is a gross misunderstanding of what on the forehand actually is, how the horse needs to use its neck for balance and lengthening their entire frame, and what lifting the thoracic sling really means. She put all of those pieces together last night , giving me a better place to sit and balance myself, and got lighter and lighter as she articulated more through the larger, upper joints instead of the lower ones.
I also wish I had it recorded as I’m certain we could have seen the exact moment the lightbulb went off in her brain when she remembered we’ve shown her a way to fix herself when she wants to explode 😂
