Day 3 brings us to the neck/shoulder/wither junction and four new techniques. He was a bit fussy about all of these and I’m not sure we really did them properly but I think from the previous experience we can see that practice makes perfect!

Scapula release: down and back
This seemed to be ok on the left side although he didn’t yawn much he did give the leg fairly easily. He was much less happy on the right side though and snatched the leg back several times. He didn’t rest the leg for long on either side.

Scapula release: down and forward
Similarly this was ok on the left and snatchy on the right and not much waiting time either way. Hard to keep his weight back and on the other shoulder.

Under the scapula
I found this very confusing and I’m not sure I did it right!!! Consequently he was also a bit bewildered. Not sure there was much release either way but generally he was less fussy on the left isde.

Withers check and release
He seemed to like this and there were some small releases on some of the wiggle points. At least it was easy!!

Dino was helping me check I was doing stuff right today: