Training again!

I had not seen my trainer for about 1 year so it was fun to see him and hear his feedback on my horses. I only had two lessons in Sweden with Elisabet Lundholm so I have been working on my own since March 2009. We started with Start. He said he was more fat. No I said, it is all muscles. This is the thing, I very rarely agree with my trainer, if he does not see every minute detail and understands me 100% I am not happy. But he does see the sensitivity in the horse and the rider and does not get offended when I go - NO, this that and the other. He listens, there is a two-way comunication and we work it out using both points of view. Very diplomatically he had me riding for a while so that he could see, and I could show, where we are and what we have to work on. He adapts to his client, I LOVE being the client and I am VERY demanding one because being 'at service' all day long makes you appreciate being served! Something to think about..

Anyhow, we went on and off he went with the half pass, changes, pirouettes, zick zacks, extentions etc, etc and I went STOP to accelerated - too many things and Start goes hot. Start is not easy, too much activity makes him go behind the vertical and he drops hindlegs and back. Too litte activity makes him floppy he goes loose and drops back and hindlegs. I want a PERFECT back and contact, otherwise not happy and no forms will be performed. Se worked on that one and then did the forms. He said he could see improvement in changes, in contact, in activity of hindlegs, in extentions and in forms so basically I have been doing a good job, but it is going to be much better now! Above Start and Eduardo same day he left for Sweden in March 2009.