One of the mistakes I made the first three days was that I tried to lunge Daisy using my whole riding area. I cut down by running electric fence tape (the bright yellow kind) so that I had a 60 foot "square" area. She stopped pulling me to get to the other side of the arena, and was able to focus a bit more on me instead of worrying about getting away.
My friend (a man) is going to work with her off and on...I'll get she has not had much male exposure. He's very gentle and I think will help her in a different way than I can. He's also shown a lot in showmanship, and will help teach her to follow, turn, square up, etc. More small focused things that I think will help her learn to concentrate on what she is doing.
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