Rory's leg is about back to normal and I took him out yesterday to get him thinking about working again. I worked him in hand looking for him to focus on me and show good manners. We trotted in-hand, then trotted over poles in-hand, and got him backing up, and moving his body as directed.
I set up my rein hold for an in hand leg yield. Rory got distracted by noises from outside at first, got quite snorty and even did a bit of trot leg yield along the wall because he was worried. I turned on the radio to cover the outside noises and he heard something that set him off and he broke away. He trotted around the far end once then came back to me when I walked out into the middle of the arena.
We went back to walk, halt, turn, and back on the lead. After some quiet walking with lots of turns and direction changes, Rory started to settle a bit. We went over the poles again. I finished with a little leg yield in hand, but he wasn't really focused enough to work in hand on the reins.
Today we did some more in hand work before I let him loose for some free play.
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