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Hey I'm Lina, and earlier this year I had the amazing experience of taming a wild Kaimanawa filly, a big dream of mine finally come true.
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Though this page I will continue sharing my journey with horses, as they transform from wild to willing.

08/10/2024

We’ve decided to call Kaalas c**t Arlo ❤️
I had some amazing with him this afternoon, giving him a rub for the first time and getting my hand thoroughly licked ☺️

07/10/2024

We still haven’t decided on a name for Kaalas three day old foal. We have discovered that it is in fact a c**t ( my bad 🤪 ), so have to start all over again with the name ideas.
Here are my current favourites: Otto, Bingo, Arnon, Brook, Jesse and Junior.
What do you all think?

05/10/2024

Just came back from spending so time with the horses, and finally managed to get some photos of Kaalas two day old foal 😊
Her/him has the same swirl Kaala has in between her eyes.
We are now pretty sure it’s a filly, so are busy brain storming name ideas.
She has

Anyone have any name ideas?

05/10/2024

Well we’re all back from a amazing camp extended by the huge amounts of flood water blocking roads 😬

We were all so excited when we received the news that Kaalas foal had been born yesterday morning.
After watching them from afar for a while this afternoon we had all fallen in love with him/her.
I’ve been so excited to finally meet Kaala foal, and am now wondering about a name.
Will try to get some half decent photos in the next few days 🤞

25/09/2024

Finally taking a photo of ridding Charlie.
We had a great ride with a bit of focus on jumping.

23/09/2024

Waking up to a beautiful sunrise this morning ♥️

20/09/2024

This goofy horse is Will aka William The Conquer.
Will first came or us about 18 months ago when he was given to us by a friend.
He was a young unbroken ex racer of the track. We were initially not going to take him on after we had looked at him, but as we were leaving the paddock he put his muzzle on my mums shoulder amd walked with us all the way to the gate. Well, the decision to take him was made for us.
Over the last year and half he has been lightly started under saddle and is now an absolute joy to work with.
He LOVES attention and is such a goofy horse when your trying to take pictures of him😆
The pictures below were taken this afternoon with A LOT of laughter ❤️

20/09/2024

Spending some quality time with Kaala this afternoon.
Her belly is getting bigger and bigger 😊

20/09/2024

Ana our beautiful ex wild young mare from Northland.

19/09/2024

So happy for Maija to receive such a beautiful foal from her recently wild mare.

The first horse we took on was also a wild pony from Northland through Wild Horse Project.
She is now our herd leader and a happy pony, definitely glad we adopted her when we did.

Photo credit: Maija Jespersen

19/09/2024

Spring is here❤️
So happy to see the paddocks transform again🌻

16/09/2024

Trying to get halfway decent selfies of the horses, as you can see I failed dramatically😆
As beautiful as horses are they really aren’t the easiest to photograph!

14/09/2024

Oh my goodness Kaalas beautiful belly has grown over the last months!
So excited for her to have her baby 🥰

12/09/2024

Loving the cuddly pony vibes Kaala giving me😊

09/09/2024

Something I have I come to realise and now live by is that for me, the session with my horse starts the moment I come within their eye sight. This is because the moment your horse can see you they will start reading your body language and acting on it.
A lot off horse people these days will have an amazing training session planned out with their horse as they approach the paddock or stall their horse is kept in, they will be so focused on what they want to happen that they will not realise what is actually happening in front of their eyes. They might have a jumping session planned for the day, but as they approach the horse he will start to back away and try to avoid being caught. The person will have their jumping session in mind so won’t pay attention to what the issue is they actually need to fix at that point in time.
So, the owner of this horse will start to lead the horse to the arena, as they come through the arena gates the horse will spook and bolt forward because of a new jump stand standing in the corner. Instead of showing the jump stand to the horse they will continue onwards, their mind still fixed on their jumping session.
By the time the horse is saddled and ready to ride, he will be stressed and worried in general, he starts spooking at every corner, refusing jumps and become more and more worked up by the minute. In the end the session will be a complete disaster for both the horse the human.
Now all this could have been avoided if the owner had been reading the horses body language from the start, taken the time to solve the catching problem at the start of the session, showed the horse the scary jumping stand and maybe even excepted that it was not the time or place to focus on jumping.
Now, I definitely wouldn’t say it is all the owner or horse trainers fault when these kind of session occur, I believe most people just don’t know that what their doing might not be the best course of action, having learned most things from other people who don’t know either.

I now try to be as flexible as possible when I’m working with horses. I might have hoped to take a horse for a farm ride, but the horse will start wondering away from me as I enter the paddock, so before the even think about going for a walk we’ll practice catching in the paddock. In some cases I might spend the hole session working on catching, and even though that might seem like the wrong thing to do, for me it is most important to work on the issues the horse is having at the time, so that next time I want to work with that horse he is much more likely to be comfortable being caught than if I’d pushed him through the problem in the first place and put him in a stressed mind set.

One off my favourite sayings is: Hope for the best and Prepare for the worst. It basically says everything I do when I’m working with a horse.

Remember how incredibly lucky you are to be able to work with such an incredible animal, we owe it to them to be the best person we can be.

Photo credit: Kelly Wilson

28/08/2024

I would absolutely recommend these workshops for anyone interested in furthering their horsemanship and learning from the best.
Kelly Wilson and Hannah Catalino Liberty Horsemanship are both incredible horsewoman to learn from and be around.
My mum and I had an amazing time attending the last wild horse workshop hosted in New Zealand, we both learnt so much, and ended up with a lovely horse to take home.

27/08/2024

The belly’s growing!
Such an exciting prospect to have a foal among us soon.

25/08/2024

Kaalas belly growing!
We have suspected her being pregnant for a while now, and over the last few days she has become huge.
Can’t wait to find out!

22/08/2024

Taking Kaala and Ana out two ex wild ponies for a walk up the road this morning.
Amazing to see how quite and relaxed Kaala is out and about in a place she’s never been before, of course she does get a fright now and then but recovers quickly.
Ana two enjoyed coming along as baby sitter.

11/08/2024

The amazing Maija Jespersen came to visit us this morning to take some pictures of our horses, Kaala and the other horses found it a bit wierd at first but ended up working very well.
The beautiful photos that where taken tell the story.

So glad to know such a talented person ready to share her skills.

Photo credit: Maija Jespersen

10/08/2024

Hanging out with the horses this morning.

03/08/2024

Finishing of an amazing farm ride this evening on Charlie.

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