Calico Cowgirls

04/21/2024

Rascal has officially completed his 2nd and 3rd weeks with me. He encountered tarps, flags, ropes and a very suspicious balloon. He had his first canter in an arena, his first play day and his first two trail rides. This little stud c**t is shaping up to be a awesome boy!

04/08/2024

My mother has asked me to work with her stud c**t so he stays quiet and calm around mares and gets his first few rides in. He’s been with me for 7 days and had his first ride today which went flawlessly! 1 day saddle work, 5 solid days of bit work, and 1 ride!

06/09/2022

Totally forgot Maui worked with the flag as well. He did so well!

06/09/2022

And then we tie it to her feet. We do this because you never know what you’ll encounter on the trail and I’ve been dumped by a few horses who were afraid of a bag that drifted their way. As you can see Russia does not care about it one bit.

06/09/2022

First we get used to it being around

06/09/2022

Tarps, ropes, water and plastic bags in the last few days for theses two. They’ve both been taking everything I’ve thrown at them in stride!

06/01/2022

I guess it’s okay.

06/01/2022

It’s not so bad as a coat.

06/01/2022

Real scratchy looking tarp

06/01/2022

Maui got his first introduction to the tarp and was NOT impressed lol
Russia got reintroduced to it as well after 2 days off due to rain. Russia also got a little weight in the stirrups since she has gained about 50-75lbs we’re hoping she’s feeling good enough to start riding next week.
We’ve also been drying blankets from the rain and mud this last weekend and walking past them they were scary so of course we did some desensitizing with them.

05/30/2022

05/30/2022

Saturday Russia got introduced to the tarp. She was a little sketched but ultimately decided it was okay.

05/28/2022

Maui went on a trail ride today! Woot woot

05/28/2022

Lunging so much better than his first day

05/28/2022

Flag work in a rain storm

05/27/2022

Maui learning cinches aren’t so bad

05/27/2022

Russia working on flag work.

05/26/2022

Maui and Russia are both learning to lunge. I unfortunately was only able to get a video of Maui but although it looks a little awkward there is huge improvement from his first day when it comes to space. Maui also got a bath😊

05/24/2022

Farrier came out to do the trainees. Russia did amazing and the new kid on the block (Maui) did better than we expected! Maui’s first day of training starts tomorrow. He’s only 2 so just ground work for 30 days.

05/22/2022

Day 4 we tried on a saddle and did some more roping

05/22/2022

Day 3 we worked on roping

05/20/2022

Reverse

05/20/2022

Some desensitization

05/20/2022

Softening to the bit

05/20/2022

Day 2 for Russia videos will be coming. Worked on more patience and some feeling of a cinch.

05/19/2022

Strictly ground work for this one until we can get another 100 lbs or so on her. Yesterday was day 1 working with Russia. We worked on patience, lifting all four feet, giving to pressure, a little bit of bit work, leg ropes and soaking her front feet so she’s ready for the farrier on Monday. (Don’t mind the khakis, I had just come from work)

05/18/2022

Sorry for the radio silence for so long we ran head first into winter and life changes. We are getting back into the swing of things and White Russian (Russia) is our first project of the season. She needs groceries and in desperate need of farrier work but for today she’s just settling in to her new surroundings.