Did some Love-Stretch-Training myself, some call it Low Stress Training or LST but I prefer Love over Low and Stretch over Stress .... Just don’t like “Stress” in my life so figured either do my girls .....
In the pic you’ll see a “Tent Peg” I use to gently hook the cola and then pull direction I want her go, have one in use and one on side for a visual ...... Peg is aluminum and round so I figure it is most loving tool I can use ..... I also use a peg to poke around and as a leaf tuck tool as well, kinda like having a hook for a hand and it works nicely, for me anyways .....
Started Love-Stretch very early and the bottom branches are now starting to rise to the occasion ..... I plan on stretching her top horizontally for awhile then I release for vertical growth, meanwhile the bottom growth should be growing vertical nicely and the cola will catch up .... anyways that’s the plan but uncharted territory for the OldBoy ..... here’s a pic of Breaking Free, whom I have picked for my filly going forward - qualifier still in progress but my money is on Breaking Free, aka Sam’s Crack.
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That’s a 3/4 full,quart paint can holding peg down you see in top corner, temporarily until we move along as she grows!