Lyle and the Right Question

Dear Reader,

If you do not ask the right question, you will not find the right answer. Lyle has finally forced me to finally ask the right question. Lyle has wanted me to show him that there is something good for him and something that he , as a horse, wants from yielding to the bosal. The question is real simple. It just took me six weeks to stumble on the this simple question.

So here is want we did. I started riding Lyle into places here in the barn yard where I knew that he would not want to go. But the instant that Lyle expressed his uncertainty, yet before that uncertainty could be expressed by his action, I would ask for a yield. Not a turn, but a forward face yield. A turn would have resulted in Lyle running away. But a front yield to the bosal would allow him to express his unsureness. It would also be an act of submission on Lyle's part and it would bring his attention back to me, his rider. Here are some pictures to try and explain.