Clinic Day

First off i am going to say how much i wished that we could have video taped today. It was beyond my dreams the play time i had with Freya. INCREDIBLE I hope that my fellow naturalist agree. I totally believe it was worth it. I had so much fun and my confidence although not 100% is well on its way. I have a new play thanks to Sue. I am now going to work on My level 2 online and then my level 3 online and forget about my level 2 freestyle for now. I want to trust her and i think that is a lot of my confidence issues, or at least i hope. Now thats not to say i wont continue with my approach and retreat for my level 2, it just means i think i have decided not to put so much pressure on myself to get on her, its going to be hard, but if i can put in the work it shouldnt take any longer then it would have for me to get my level 2 this year, fingers crossed. Anyway, what i think i accomplished today, is the snappiness i was looking for and a much better understanding of what and how to be a better leader. I felt incredible. And miss Freya responded so well. We can now do porcupine like never before. Just by touching the hair on her nose. Mind you again it is not perfect. One step at a time. We also worked on Sideways which i never do, and again she got it. Circles we did well she did with Ron 30 circles to the left with 7 corrections which was brillant for her and then i did aprox. 15 going in the other direction with 1 correction. I had a blast and thanx so much to Sue for hosting and to Miss Keri for taking pics for me and Rose for being the best support for me and explaning things in my language and i have to say thanks to the Vandergrats for trailering Freya on Such short notice. To Ron for making me feel so good about what i am doing. He had me in tears at the end of the clinic. He told me that i am doing an amazing job and he thinks i will go far. He said that basically i had all of the theroy and that i understood the fundementals but had to put that to practice more. It is funny. I do not think i am doing as great as i should be but the comment made me feel like ok maybe i am doing ok. I hear my friends say it but when it comes from a stranger it justifys things i guess.