& Found (and Dressage!)
Most important things first - LILY HAS COME HOME!!! I found her this morning - my neighbor's cat actually led me to her. She was gone for two days, and they have been a very stressful two days. The main focus of life for the last two days has been trying to find my cat. However, I was able to pull it together for my second ever and Sherlock's first ever DRESSAGE LESSON on Monday afternoon! I don't have any pictures, but word on the street is he was starting to look (almost) fancy by the end. We did a lot of directional transitions and a lot of work on corners - he has a tendency to cut them. And a LOT (x132984093750487) of turning straight down the centerline. The biggest challenge I expected to have was actually making my circles correctly - at my last (and only) dressage lesson, most of it was spent with Dressage Trainer L sternly reminding me not to turn my head to the center whilst circling, a concept that is basically unheard of in ...