New Training Plan with Ana: 2nd time

Today I worked on her turning away from me when I lead her and staying a certain distance away. I reviewed what we did yesterday, and added a few new things. I wanted her to go from a run, yield her hindquarters away from me so that she gives me two eyes and stop. She did quite well. I also incorporated yielding her hindquarters into doing a figure eight next to a fence. My goal for this is to get her to do that pattern by just following the pull of the lead rope. The pull should almost look nonexistent but your hand should move. when I was finished, well, I wasn't finished. You're not done training until you leave your horse's environment. When I opened the gate I stood there fore a little while. The purpose of this is to teach you horse that you always go first. Doesn't matter what you're doing. You go first through a gate, you always take the first step, you always tell them when to go. If she had moved I would have backed her up how many steps she took forward. If she would have ran through that gate I would have backed her up very energetically, making her back up until I think she's backed far enough. Do not let your horse stop backing up when they want to stop backing up. That will just get them to respect you even less. When I lead Ana through the gate, I took her halter off and had her stand there, while I told her that she did a good job. I don't want my horse thinking that the lesson is done when I take the halter off. That is unsafe, because usually a horse will run or buck, or both, away from you. I don't want her to go away until I go away. Teach your horse this after you're done working with him and you're going to put him in his stall. Your horse will feel less of a need to run away from you when he's only going to stand in his stall.