attention. when you have that kind of relationship with your horse with the horse *acting* like a mother acts, not being a mother or serving as one, but acting like one, you have a "dead broke" horse.
your relationship is turned around. this, as i see it, is the foundation of your problem.
now then, how do we get it flipped back where it should be?
we begin in the minds of the parties involved. i understand you have done a lot of ground work and ground work is great. in order to get the maximum from your ground work you have to be mentally prepared for it. i know a lot of 