Clinic with Terry

After day light savings time and a busy day yesterday I did not get much sleep. I was expecting a not so great day today with Bella and Duncan in the Terry clinic. But luckily both horses proved me very wrong!
I was more nervous about Bella, but with small fixes she ended up doing really well. Terry told me to push her girth area more and keep her moving. That helped a lot. And to just do a spiral and then make her keep walking, as opposed to doing the whole hind and shoulder move. This was kind of what I had been thinking, but she reaffirmed it and executed the plan. It worked really well and I had a good ride on her too! So happy with her! Her owner was also able to do the second session and they did really well together!
Duncan also did amazing! It was fun to compare him from a month ago to today. A month ago I was scared to even get on him, or walk him into the arena. This time I felt no fear doing either. We did all of the exercises and I was even able to help explain things to people. Terry chased us with the flag again. The first time I was nervous and wouldn't let go... no matter how much she does it that stupid thing still scares me. The next time though I let go and just rode it, and it was really fun! And not scary at all. A month ago I wouldn't even look at a flag. We played a herding game where one person pretended to be the cow and one pretended to be the horse, and he did really well in that too! We also did the spiral thing, and disengaging the hind end, softness, etc. We ended with a nice, calm walk down the drive way. An over all great day! So proud of the milestones we have made and so thankful for the people who have helped us get there!