Driving Lessons

[DownUnder Gal]

Yes, it is very exciting. And Koby's training is going really well! It's like the penny has finally dropped regarding his learning what I want him to do a lot quicker now; we even seem to be over the pouty "teenager" phase. We had a really good ground driving lesson today. I got him going forward well and he seemed happy to do it. We went for a bit of a circuit around obstacles, walking, trotting, turning left and right and stopping. When I unharnessed him in the training yard he repeated the circuit on his own, without me even asking him to. He even remembered all the steps Our next challenge will be getting him to do it without the constant treats. I think I need to lessen the frequency of the treats. Part of what is making him enjoy himself so much is having the peanut gallery goggle-eyed in the paddock next door. He's becoming a terrible show-off.