Baby's on Fire and Day 8

Dee has been spectacularly well behaved for the past 3 days.  Saturday and Sunday she was a little sticky at the beginning of the ride, but then settled and behaved.  The canter work was especially good -balanced, quiet, and not sucking back at all.  She even took my half-halts like a grown-up.  The left lead was a little sticky, but she eventually got there.  Yesterday, she was no longer in heat, and instead of being good, she was really good.  She was doing little extensions in the trot, really moving from behind, staying fairly steady in the contact, and moving off of the leg in both directions.  In the canter, she gave me some very nice transitions onto the left lead, and generally felt fantastic.  I am finally feeling like I can ride her at the canter, instead of just doing damage-control.  She even let me ask for a stride of leg yield in each direction, which went a long way to improving the general balance in the gait.    

She will have today off (I originally intended to give her tomorrow off, but I'm not feeling good today), tomorrow we will resume our work, and Friday is massage day!

Day 08- A little about the barn/stable you ride at

Well, we just moved there.  It seems like a nice enough place - covered arena, jump arena, lots of trails, airy barn.  Nothing to complain about, and Dee seems as happy as a clam!