Freestyle Responsibility

3-8-11 Today was a beautiful cool sunny day. Lordy and I saddled up and went off to play in the arena at Freestyle. First follow the rail. Making mental notes of how many corrections needed each lap. Always working to improve Lordy's understanding of his responsibilities. Something I used to never think about pre-Parelli! Lordy did a few great laps needing no corrections. We moved on to play on a circle approx. 20 meters. Looking for him to hunt the circle and maintain responsibilities at all 3 gaits WTC. He did super. His canter felt amazing - lifted for freestyle. I kept my focus and really tried to feel for him, with him and together. Slowly our freestyle is coming along.... After that we set out on a short trail ride around the farms. He was wonderful even when a deer literally jumped across our path approx. 20 feet in front of us.....Lordy was a wonderful partner today!