Well Benji had some fun today! It makes me smile just thinking about it. We had a play and worked on transitions again and change of direction with a little success. So after he was calm and ready to ride I hopped on and he instantly took charge. He'd go when he wanted to, stopped when he wanted to and as we were going round he suddenly pinned his ears back so I thought "ah, plotting... Plotting, let's see what you got!" and he put his head inbetween his legs and I was like "oh no you don't!!" It was kinda funny and even though I'm certain he's never done it before in his life, I knew it was coming. Good old dependable Benji!
After that I worked on lots of disengagement (thank you for that section on the new DVD, Linda!) and hopped off on a good note. I rung Arran about it and he said that it is most likely because he is currently winning transitions online and change of direction so he thinks from then on he is leader. Makes sense so I'm going to get those going good 'til I hop on his back again. I was worried that he is bored in the round corral but he reassured me that up until level 3 he'll be pretty bored because it's still basic horse language. He said to keep my safety a priority and still ride him in the corral unless I'm confident we'll be okay out of it.
I still thought we had a good session regardless of the naughty thoughts in his head. Hehehe :)