Jo was doing what she had been taught at the clinics. She made the wrong thing difficult for Treasure. Unfortunately, because Treasure was such a sensitive horse, the mare began to worry about making mistakes, while trying to figure out a way to avoid the consequences that Jo provided. Even though, on the surface, Treasure appeared responsive most of the time, she couldn’t relax. It was as if she was constantly in the “ready” mode, looking to react any time, anywhere. Unwittingly, Jo may have been making the wrong things too difficult for the mare, and as a result, the mare was building a wall
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