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Post by Shadz on Jul 31, 2008 0:40:11 GMT -5
Deductive stood while Lily put the halter on and followed her out of the paddock, He pranced beside her with his tail up like and Arab, but never pulling on the rope. Deductive snorted and pricked his ears wondering where they were going, everything was new, but it was all exciting..
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Post by Mustang on Jul 31, 2008 0:48:13 GMT -5
Lily laughed at his antics, glad to see he was excited about his new home. She had a feeling they would make a good pair if she could just figure out what was going on in that head of his. It only took them a couple of minutes to get to the arena, which was already open. She clipped him to the wall, unlatching his lead as she went into the tack room to get a lunge line. All of her tack was already there, so everything was easy to find. As she came back out with the line and a lunge whip, she ran it through the halter and over his poll, then gathered the rest of it in her hand, unhooked him, and lead him into the arena.
"Okay, boy, let's work out some of that energy of yours." She let out of bit of the line and clucked her tongue at him, hoping the previous owner had used the same cues. Just in case, she touched his rump with the end of the whip, hoping he'd pick up a nice, easy trot.
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Post by Shadz on Jul 31, 2008 9:30:11 GMT -5
Deductive walked into the arena with his neck arched, he faltered a bit as they entered but still walked forward. Once he was tied to the wall and then unclipped, he simply stood there watching Lily walk away, with a flick of his tail, Deductive walked away from the wall and sniffed the ground. Within a few minutes Deductive was on his back with his feet in the air, as soon as he saw Lily coming he heaved himself back to his feet and shook himself, his coat now all dirty. Deductive stood while she put the lunge line on, he looked at her waiting for he next step. As he heard Lily's cue Deductive started walking forward with his ears pricked, But then he felt the touch on his rump, rearing up slightly Deductive shot forward in a powerful canter, pulling on the line. He'd seen the whip, but it had never touched him before, it was always just raised or lowered and went with vocal cues. Deductive continued doing the circle at a powerful canter still pulling.
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Post by Mustang on Jul 31, 2008 14:49:09 GMT -5
"Whoa, easy boy. Sorry about that. Come on, settle down and give me a nice trot." Apparently he was a bit touchy. She'd barely touched him with the tip of the whip, a signal she'd used many times in the past to push horses a little farther out and make their circle bigger while longeing. Lily would have to remember he didn't like that. At least he was trained well. He seemed to know clucking. She wondered if he knew kissing to canter. Either way, she'd find out in a little while, but she wanted to warm him up a bit first.
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Post by Shadz on Jul 31, 2008 18:31:01 GMT -5
Deductive slowed down as soon as he heard the word woah, Its what his old owner had always used when he wanted him to slow down. He pricked up his ears and picked up a flowing trot, Trotting around easily. Deductive snorted, still a little tense, but he stopped pulling on the line, always keeping one ear turned to Lily waiting for what she wanted next.
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Post by Mustang on Jul 31, 2008 21:16:44 GMT -5
"Good boy, there ya go." Lily let out a little more line, letting him increase the size of his circle a bit. He had a nice, easy gait. It would be smooth to sit, and it would look great in the dressage ring. She let herself think about upcoming shows for a minute as she kept Deductive at that pace. A few more minutes and she asked him to pick up a canter, making a kissing sound with her lips.
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Post by Shadz on Jul 31, 2008 21:30:16 GMT -5
Deductive trotted smoothly around as he was asked, he arched his neck and moved wider when the line was extended. Deductive snorted a few times then heard the familiar sound and broke into a smooth canter, all of his gaits where smooth, another reason his old owner was happy with the breeding, until they changed their minds. Keeping an ear on Lily Deductive cantered in the circle.
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Post by Mustang on Jul 31, 2008 21:45:20 GMT -5
Lily was pleased with his gait, which was just as smooth as his trot, if not more so. She let him canter a few minutes before slowing him down, pulling in the line slowly and lowering the whip. "Whoa. Good boy, what do you say we go the other direction, huh? Get your other side warmed up. And I can see if your other diagonal and lead are as good as this side."
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Post by Shadz on Aug 1, 2008 7:24:28 GMT -5
Deductive cantered round Lily, still with one ear pricked towards her , when he heard her ask him to slow down, he moved to a trot then a walk, and walked into her standing in front of her. Deductive looked at Lily and shook his head, the training wasn't fazing him and he' simply only warmed up.
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Post by Mustang on Aug 2, 2008 0:31:29 GMT -5
"Wow, you're in pretty good shape, boy. Hardly got your heartrate up, huh? Okay, let's try the other direction." Lily adjusted the longeline and switched it to her other hand, doing the same with the whip. She clucked her tongue a couple of times, now knowing he had been trained well.
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Post by Shadz on Aug 2, 2008 0:36:38 GMT -5
Deductive Rubbed his head Gently on Lily before moving in the other direction, He started in a walk then moved into a nice trot, with his neck arched. Deductive saw someone walk past with a horse and whinnied, snorting until the had passed, He tossed his head looking in the direction they had gone, but continued trotting, Forgetting about it after a few minutes.
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Post by Mustang on Aug 2, 2008 0:42:25 GMT -5
Lily tipped her head to the passing rider, happy to know that her horse was also well mannered. He whinnied, which was natural, but never faltered from his gorgeous trot. She let him go round a few times, then kissed and sent him into a smooth canter. Maybe after this she'd set up a couple of jumps and lunge him over them, see how his form was. Lily wondered if he liked to jump. The ones that liked to jump always made better jumps. It helps when you enjoy what you're doing.
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Post by Shadz on Aug 2, 2008 1:08:41 GMT -5
Deductive looked at Lily, he hoped he was doing the right thing and pleasing her, he happily trotted around looking at everything around him and once again as he heard the cue, Deductive moved into his Smooth canter, but stumbled a bit. With one ear towards Lily and one ear forward Deductive moved around in the circle never pulling on the line.
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Post by Mustang on Aug 2, 2008 1:26:55 GMT -5
Lily watched him carefully as he stumbled, but he seemed to be okay. She didn't see a limp at all and his gait seemed to be smooth and normal. She let him do a few more circles before giving him the cue to slow down and bringing in the line. "Good boy, easy there. Whoa." She gave him a pat on the nose and rubbed his forehead, then ran her hand down his shoulder to double check the leg that faltered, feeling for any heat or swelling.
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Post by Shadz on Aug 2, 2008 3:45:38 GMT -5
Deductive Cantered happily, he liked working and was eager to please..anyone that wanted him to do something. Deductive slowed down when asked and walked over to Lily, to enjoy rubs and hugs, He snorted as she felt his leg but there wasn't anything wrong with it, He'd simply misplaced his hoof when changing from a trot to a canter.
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