Doing Awesome

Guess What!!! All four of the fillies have trotted with a rider. I can't wait to see them improve even more!
Aleythia conned me into going to Terry's today with, "All you have to do is ride Coffie. She's the only filly who hasn't trotted with a rider." So, I rode Coffie.
Before I got on I wanted to make sure she knew that I was boss and was listening to me. Mostly because if I can get her listening it's a less likely chance that she will buck. I desensitized, worked on backing up, and worked on disengaging hindquarters. I did a little bit of lungeing too. I banged on the saddle with my hand and my hard whip to get her used to noise above her too. I got on and we were walking along and I wanted to make sure she wouldn't buck. So here's a little trick Larry Trocha does to do that. I kicked her once on her sides. She was surprised, but she didn't buck. All she did was go into a nice little trot. I won't always do this. It's more like a one time thing when I first start riding a new horse. The reasons for doing this are as follows.
You'll be prepared. It's better if you know that it's going to happen and your prepared for it.
You can choose where your horse bucks. If you have a horse that you aren't sure of and you do this you can choose the safest place for your horse to buck.
Your con is a warning. Don't do this with horses that have been abused as more than likely it will turn them into total freaks of nature, bucking, bolting, and rearing to high heaven.
But Coffie did extremely well. I was confident that she wouldn't buck me off and she was doing really well.
Coffie got bigger too. I was looking at her and she looked a little more grown up. It looks like she lost a little bit of her baby face. When I got on her I could definitely tell she was bigger. She is going to be one pretty filly.
I can't wait till we canter!