Legend:
Green - Completed or going well
Blue - In Progress/Ongoing, have made some progress but need to keep working
Red - Forgot about or haven't succeeded yet, needs more focus
2018 Goals
Kachina
- Increase Kachina's trust in other people so she can be caught and handled by someone else - In Progress
- Keep Kachina happy and healthy - Ongoing
- Develop plan for Kachina for if/when I might be grounded (lease? liberty work? need to think about this) - In Progress
Horse Community
- Organize a second local dressage show - Complete 20/5/2018
- Be an active participant of my area dressage association - Ongoing
- Be an active participant of the community equestrian facility board - Ongoing
- Attend a dressage judging clinic - Registered for August!
- Audit a clinic - Audited a jumping clinic at my barn. Registered for Charlotte Dujardin for July.
Dressage Riding
- Have Kachina and I improve in dressage through methods that build our cooperation and trust - In Progress but going well
- Improve my position and hands - Ongoing but clear improvement already
- Test ride regularly to determine weaknesses - Needs refocus
- Video my rides at least once a month and critique them myself - Needs refocus
- Compete in at least one show - Complete 17/6/2018
- Ride a First Level test that feels good (this can be at home) - In Progress but going well
(These are essentially my goals to make sure that I'm on the right track with a trainer, if the training isn't helping me then I need to make a change)
Miscellaneous
- Have fun - Ongoing
- Experiment again with clicker training - Needs refocus
- Go on trail rides with friends - Not yet, have some plans though
- Canter or gallop out in the fields - Needs refocus
- Figure out how to mount from the ground (I know using a mounting block is better for the horse's back, but I need a solution for trail riding in bald prairie #shortpersonproblems) - Needs refocus
- Settle on a boarding situation - Complete 3/30/2018
Stretch Goals
- Show at First Level - Complete 16/6/2018
- Earn above 65% at a show - In Progress
- Place in a competitive class - In Progress
So many successes!
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