You know, Priscilla, I think that when any of us do not "ask" a horse to do something, it's only because of our inabilities, not theirs! With time as Kirstin continues to develop her bond with Taz and gets the confidence in herself, she will do amazing things! I really believe that of her, she's such an awesome young lady....I'm so glad everything is going well for her. We are pretty much in the "winter rut"! It gets dark too early for us to do anything! I'm attaching a picture of my 4 year old mustang that I put socks on his ears to see if it would bother him.....the photo speaks for itself!