It's been.. a few months since I last updated. When I last posted, things were inching along with Rush. We mad progress, but it was slow and fitful, and often every step forward resulted in a huge leap backwards the next time I got on. Fast forward three months and it couldn't be going better. When my sister came home, things got a hell of a lot easier and more manageable, a) because she wasn't burned out from riding like I was and b) because she could get Rush out on days I had too much schoolwork (aka 3/4 days a week).
Until then I hadn't let anybody else on Rush, mostly because although I may not be the best rider in the world, she trusts me and nobody else at my barn is capable of handling a green horse. One time, through miscommunication and someone's complete disregard of any logical thought processes, someone else got on her- and proceeded to wreck weeks of work. That was fun. My sister, however, is a phenomenal rider and has worked with less than perfect horses before, so I fully trusted her with riding Rush.
For approximately a month Rush got out every day, which allowed us to get her to the point where she actually felt tired and became manageable enough to train and correct things without the situation blowing up. She trots beautifully now, canters superb to the right- a little less superb to the left, but still pretty damn fantastic- and has jumped 3 ft. Oh, and we can do a 2'6 course pretty damn well. There's still a lot of work to do: she's pretty crooked and gets uppity when I fix her, she has to canter to the right first or else she'll be strong and unruly to the left, leg yielding has produced some very interesting hissy-fits, and she has a lot of trouble bending correctly through circles.
Without any further ado, enjoy Rush jumping adorably!
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