The relaxation technique worked pretty good yesterday on Sally a three year old futurity mare who can do the manuouvers but drops her shoulder to the left habitually. Keeping my right leg on her with intermittend doses of stuffing my right spur into her belly has kept her from falling out of lead so much but she insists on dropping that left belly and rib cage. Near the end of our loping session, though she started to improve through much repition, counter cantering, steering, softening the face etc. I quit her when she finally started to turn loose because she was pooped.
So the big plan for today is to break it up a little, so it doesnt turn into a loping marathon everyday. When she starts to improve we'll play with a little something different- play with her at a jog or walk or in the other lead, stop and let her blow. Work on her sidepass on the fence, turn her around a little, soften her laterally. Experiment. I'm gonna try to not just confront the problem and pound on it (figuratevely) and make an issue out of it. Go through the back door sort of thing. Its too easy to get stuck in a rut with this kind of stuff.
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