Here's a little clip taken of Dagur today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrW9OtO7rE
Cara thought about adding a saddle but decided riding bareback would be much warmer. She just added a set of reins instead and is beginning to offer cues to Dagur as I lead him (we're still just using a halter on him). Soon Cara will be directing traffic and telling me where to lead Dagur, the transition is slow....but all the directions we give are fairly clear so there is no confusion. Anyway, we started out today and almost immediately Dagur offered the smoothest ground covering gait. It was hard for me to see as I was leading him, but Cara said she felt as though she was floating. Unfortunately the camera batteries went dead at that very moment so we missed the video of it. By the time Dave got back with new batteries Dagur had tired just a bit and so this video is a bit choppy, but you still get the idea of a gait just bubbling near the surface. Sort of mixed up a bit, but this boy is obviously gaited. Dagur is still of the mind that if he sniffs Cara's right foot, he gets a treat...somehow I clicked him at the wrong time and the idea has stayed with him. We're working through it by just ignoring it. I'm not saying I want to encourage this gaitedness at this point in his training as we want to get a nice solid slow walk with him first....but it's kind of fun to see a baby showing what comes naturally. I see some running walk. At the end he looks a bit more diagonal, more trotty, but not clean. I haven't quite determined if it's anything yet. Thoughts? Wanda
