beej was definitely an up in the air horse too when we first started & was OFFENDED by my even trying to tell him what to do. it's interesting now that 3.5yrs later he still pushes the boundaries, but is all "YES MA'AM" when i put my foot down & say "get the fuck out of my space". he doesn't go up at all anymore (touchwood). i have some mint photos that demonstrate this! even if we just had forward propulsion & i STOPPED it, he'd go up. haha.