Early stages, but already benefits all around

I've been noticing overall benefits in general handling of Darcie.

For example, I can get her to shift her hindquarter over when I'm behind her and want to come up beside her, in the place where we tie them up to feed and groom them, which is something like a tie stall with a rail at the front and one on each side. She has been known to kick dogs and other horses at times, and needs more work on her legs for me to think she's reliable about not kicking at unexpected things, so I don't want to come up behind her. I can just stand off to one side and behind a little, and cluck, and over goes that hind quarter.

Also, things like going through gates. We have to get through a gate that swings and which I need to hold at all stages of going through it, including putting a foot on it to hold it in place while I use both hands to do it up. It's a horrible gate. Anyway, now I can point and get her where I want to be more easily (still needing work), and also easily get her to move her quarters over when I want her to pivot, by leaning and looking towards her quarter, or doing the lean and look and shaking a finger at her.

Backing up when I want her to back up has more options now, also. Including getting her out of my space when I want to. Although I find she's not behaving pushy at all.