Quote Originally Posted by Vela View Post
Do you have a fence you can put her on? That really helped me teach him. I face him toward the fence and hold him with my hands so he doen't turn and than just put light pressure until he moves even a little to the side, whichever way I'm asking. Then let go right away. He learned it in one day with the help of the fence. That really made a big difference, so if you can use a fenceline to practice that will really help. Under actual saddle he's a bit more responsive. He is sometimes naughty with the bareback pad on LOL.
We've tried the fence "trick" and she attempts to back...every single time. (argh!) When I correct her, she visibly becomes confused/irritated because she doesn't know what I'm asking. It's weird because on the ground, she'll sidepass, no problem. But under saddle, it's a different story. (She can be a bit of a ditz sometimes... kinda like her mom. )

How's Miss Diva?