Blossom Side Passes

Today was like any other day working with a horse in training. I got Blossom used to the first few steps of walking latterally. She will cross over her front and back legs walking sideways. It is not super graceful and I did not want to teach her that yet. I had to because it seems that she has forgotten everything else I have trained her. She did not want to back up, I tried to bathe her and she rolled, she dropped right to the ground during her bath. It was funny but a bad habit. She wouldn't run or trot in a circle. She wouldn't pay attention to me in the areana, she would stop and eat the dirt. Now a Mustang is the last horse that I would crack a whip at and scare them to death and go backwards in the trust issues. I just decided that if she was not willing to do something that she knows how to do than I would teach her something new and it worked. She now has the foundation for the sidepass. As a trainer I'm not concerned that she had a bad day. It is ok to take one step forward and two steps back when training a horse. It happens all the time. Tomorrow she is going to a busy barn for a week. They have a round pen that I will utilize all the time, her not wanting to run has to change and thank gosh I have almost 2 months to change that!