Session Two

I had some time to play with Eclipse today and we had a very productive session. I noticed that he was uncomfortable with the carrot stick around his back legs (he would kick out and jump away at the same time) so I spent a good amount of time desensitizing him to that. He became more confident in this session but I definitely want to expose him to this and leading by the leg as I can only imagine how he would react if his leg were to get caught on a vine or something. Next I decided to try some lateral flexion and although he was confused at first, he picked it up rather quickly. I asked Eclipse for some circles as well and he stayed left brain the majority of the time. Currently I am just working on "don't change direction" and have let him pick gait; he tries to come in or stop sometimes when he is behind me but other than that he did well. Eclipse is a lot of fun to play with and he is getting more confident by the day.