Back to the drawing board, I definitely missed something. She is still unconfident with a lot of things. So I spent some extra time fixing her fear of the stick and string and fear of things going over her back, and flying around her, and the saddle of course. I think I only had her at 70% acceptance before and I though that was good enough to move on for now, but it is not. She needs to know 100% that she should not be afraid. Otherwise she'll hold it in and blow up.
Carolyn helped me see when she relaxed when saddling and then I had her trot over poles On-Line and eventually at the canter and it was incredible. She had no need to buck because she was so concentrated on what I was asking her to do. She would do these amazing canter leaps between poles. It was just beautiful to watch her put so much effort in. Carolyn's wonderful grandkids were there too, cheering Teva on and that made it more fun for us. Teva also kicked the big ball around and tied to itch on the ball, unsuccessfully I might add. She was doing perfectly so decided to end it there and hope she remembers that feeling. I know I will.
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