Beautiful sunset as Gus enjoys some booty scratches.
Mr. Pigpen is at it again turning himself into a brown horse. How he makes it all the way over with that belly lol Fear not he is on a diet.
Joleen is feeling fresh in her new heavy blanket:) Everyone enjoyed their time out today.
Regal and I completing the spooky corner. He did fantastic ❤️
Helpful Donkey!
Happy Monday! Mitchell decided to be oh so helpful with AM chores lol
Gus obviously was exhausted after his ride today!
Gus said it’s been too much about the donkeys! He had to ham it up:) lol
So Mitchell decided that since he now has a runway he can jump out of his stall! Top half of the stall door has now been latched permanently. Ps He is fine:)
Just some happy donkeys! Mitchell is still figuring it out lol
When I ask Josh to put in a camera in the indoor so I can record my lessons…
Happy 12th Birthday His Royal Roundess, Gus, Land Shark, Goose, Gustav! We love you so much! You have the biggest personality and Im so happy that I get to have you as mine. Love you.
This wasn’t our best singing, Mitchell decided that he had to put his own spin on it lol
As the weather warms up Gus and I are slowly upping our workouts and prepairing for this years show season. He is a good kid and works really hard for me, trying his best. With a mom that’s a massage therapist he gets regular massage and chiropractic to keep him feeling his best. Last year I purchased the RevitaVet cold laser system. In this video Gus has on the pole cap, hock wraps, and back pad. He’s very expressive with his body work, his releases and yawns are very aggressive lol
Sometimes I just need a good laugh and some joy with all this rain, wind, and trees down. Thanks Gus❤️
Mitchell is just over two years at this point and he’s been a bit feral lol He is VERY attached to Joleen(his mom) and even taking him away from her when he can still see her causes both of them some stress. My long term goal is to be able to work with Mitchell independently, even with Joleen isn’t in sight. This year I signed him up for the Horsin' Around New England winter agility challenge. I have done this with Gus and Regal, it’s a fantastic winter activity that eases them into agility work and learning to answer some in hand questions.
I'm all for showing the end result with no struggle, though let’s be honest it doesn’t start perfect, sometimes it’s got to suck at first lol This video is the first attempt with Mitchell todo the first challenge. The challenge is to figure eight through the cones stopping for three seconds in the middle. Easy enough right, well not so much lol. The challenging part is getting them to this challenge without me using the lead rope, it should always have a loop or smile in it. That gets more difficult with the halting in the middle. Mitchell needs to be in tuned with me and listening to my verbal and body cues. But here’s the thing he doesn’t know them yet so there are some instances where he asked some questions to gather understanding. One of those times you’ll see he doesn’t stop with me in the middle, he keeps going, I try to catch it sooner but he’s a bit braced so he keeps going. I then get in front of him and back him up, he doesn’t know how to yet so I get a few steps and carry on. He wasn’t being naughty he just doesn’t know the cues and expectations yet.
The final piece to this is Joleen, she is in the indoor with us. She was in eye sight the entire time, but she didn’t do the exercise to show him it’s okay and during the session they didn’t visit until the end. You’ll here at the end of the video that Joleen started to be stressed and I was proud of both of them for working throug
My schedule has been so busy that Gus and I have been doing ground work on the days we don’t ride. Today we worked on some raised poles and he showed off his flag skills. I guess it’s time for me to run he says lol
This kid gives me so much joy, the character that he is and the partnership that we both have worked and continue to work towards.❤️
Regal says, I might be 22 and a half, but this cool weather gots me feeling FRESH!
#OTTb
#horseretired
Gus and I needed a little fun so after some ground work we played with the ball and worked with the hoola hoop for the Fall Fun agility course with Horsin' Around New England.
“Pig-pen” after lesson rolls are the best! Fantastic lesson this morning after a week hiatus due to the heat wave. Back at it:)
I can’t believe I caught this! Just Mitchell being his deranged little self. Worth the watch!!
