Now what??

Part of our training process is sacking out. We’ve had one session with the tarp, and after a while, she accepted it, walked on it, and didn’t let it concern her. Round two with the tarp wasn’t so successful.
I tacked Diamond up, grabbed the tarp, and the big yellow exercise ball and out to the round pen we went. Diamond was more concerned on the way out about the big yellow ball than she was the tarp, so I thought it would go fairly smooth.
Once out to the round pen, I took some baling twine and tied the tarp to the saddle horn. She stood there fine until I shook it out to spread it over her rump and that’s when she took off like a buckin bronc. She bucked her way around the round pen and finally figured it wasn’t going to go flying off in the wind, nor was it going to eat her. At this point, she lunged both ways around the round pen. Occasionally, when she made turns, the tarp would get under her front feet, and she’d just stop and either back out of it, or wait for me to come untangle her. Somewhere, at sometime, she has learned that if she gets stuck, to just hold tight and not thrash about, that Mom will come rescue her... and so I do.
Once she was going great with the tarp, I grabbed my big yellow exercise ball and started tossing that in her direction. She HATED that ball! If the ball was thrown in front of her, she came to a sliding stop and spun around to take off in the opposite direction. If it was coming behind her, she picked up speed to avoid it. And if it accidently hit her square in the ribs, she jumped! I had hoped to work with her long enough to get her comfortable with the ball, but she was so worked up and panting, that I had to stop. We will work with the ball tonight and for as many nights as it takes for her to not be afraid of it. She also managed, in her frenzy to get away from the ball, to shred the tarp...
To cool her out, we ponied her around from Mama Spurty. Hubby and Mama took Diamond around the yard, in the arena, down the road, and even past some cars. What started out as a disaster waiting to happen with Diamond wanting to be in the lead, and Mama wanting nothing to do with the ponying crap, turned into a very good lesson for all involved. They are almost ready to pony on a trail ride 
I also rode Diamond last night for a few minutes, and she is really getting that when I squeeze with my legs, it means to move forward. Even with the “chaos” of Hubby cantering around on Mama, and TX walking Acacia around, D stayed focused on me and what I wanted... she did however think that when we stopped to chat in the far corner of the arena, that it was time to roll, but thankfully for me, she stayed upright 