Beginning Getting Comfortable with the Canter

Kai has been pretty tense when asked to canter so this will be a longer process, and we try to reward the littlest things. An ear or eye toward you, a slight head-drop, ease in the transition, or any number of signals she gives that suggest "feeling OK" rather then in fight-or-flight, is rewarded with a slow down or stop. We are generally not concerned yet about her head looking out (ESP in travel to the right, her much more difficult side!), what lead she is on, etc. It is all about just getting comfortable in moving at higher gait.