Goals

I have completed all of the goals that I have had for the past few weeks (I have not written all of them on here) so I believe it is time to set some new ones! I may not get them all completed this week because I have Finals Exams, and then I leave for Mrs. Nancy's house on Friday!! Woo!

Here's some things that I need to do or some goals.

In general:

• Watch Level 3 Freestyle.
• Watch Level 4 On Line and the VHS Level 3 if needed. (Yes, my Savvy has increased THAT MUCH with Cherish in the past month or so. I'm on an exponential learning curve!)
• Instead of playing with the horses when I'm REALLY stressed and upset, just go out and sit with them. Undemanding time is not at all bad.
• Start figuring out how to make a pedestal....
• Start researching natural hoof trimming.
• Watch the On Line and Freestyle patterns again.
• Make the jumps out of the materials we bought a year ago.
• Put portable fence across arena for Liberty

Cherish: 

In general:

• Get her to where she releases to the pressure of a toothpick and is confident and calm when doing so. The last vet visit was a nightmare... It didn't help that he was direct lined, forceful, and a taller man (she's afraid of men still) but...
• Put some cinnamon applesauce or maple syrup in a syringe and play with getting her to accept it. Continue playing the Friendly game with her mouth.
• Watch her feelings and Horsenality- fit her according to the moment, not just to the RBI. (I have been doing this very well but need to continue since she is mainly RBI but tends to switch to all four Horsenalities within one session and can switch VERY quickly.)
• Keep on my toes.

On Line:

• Play with leading her from different places- chin, ears, mane, forelock, hoof, tail, etc.
• Continue to improve Squeeze game, hopefully getting her to jump or step over barrels?
• Simple change of direction at Circling Game on the 22' line.
• Start the Figure Eight and Weaving patterns.
• Get a giant bouncy ball from Target or Wal-Mart and start playing with it... Bouncing it around her, setting it on her back, bouncing it on her back and over her, etc.

Liberty:

• Start playing Friendly Game more extremely with plastic bags and tarps.
• Get more creative with the Seven Games and go at faster paces. Treat her like she would be treated On Line, and if she needs to leave, the arena fence is the safety net.
• Continue working on slow spins
• Play all Seven Games
• Do figure eight at walk and trot.

Freestyle:

• Start riding with Carrot Stick
• Start using the patterns
• Maybe section off a flatter piece of the pasture with portable fencing for riding? The arena is really too small.

Hope:

On Line:

• Play extreme Friendly Game with her confidence up
• Start getting her to back up by her tail
• Get her to lead by her legs and solve puzzles by herself when she gets tangled in the rope
• Lead her by the ear, chin, forelock, etc
• Drive her from Zone 5 with the 22' line
• Sideways over log
• Put one foot on a pole

Freestyle:

• Work on my confidence- approach and retreat to this.

Finale:

• Play Touch It
• Do the Figure 8 patterns 
• Continue to play Sideways
• Start teaching Lateral Flexion from the ground
• Improve Squeeze Game to trotting and cantering over logs
• Improve Squeeze Game to walking through tight spaces
• Improve changes of direction on the Circling Game

For all three horses:

• Spend undemanding time