Skye
After skye had her little fit, we had a really nice ride! I’m really excited to see what she took from this in tmrs ride!
Mares really are so much fun 🤪😂 oh Skye! First day I really held her accountable under saddle and she wasn’t okay with it!
Skyes first ride
After some brainstorming, I figured I’d just put the first ride on bareback.
I’m still getting this horse use to the cinch as she is very reactive to the back cinch. Or was!! Today she came out and let me ride her bareback with minimal prep. Afterwards, I threw the saddle on so we can get some more time with the cinch. She didn’t buck once today! I’m really hoping we’re past that phase and can really get to riding now. Super thankful she came out ready to ride think!
Colton and Pieper
Training horses + kids at the same time = winning
Colton has been begging me to ride and I’ve been hard on Pieper the last 2 days so figured today would be a good one to just have fun! Super cool mare here, not a whole lot out there like this one!!!
Piper barrel cruise through
I honestly didn’t see myself being any type of trainer other than a colt starter for a long while. But, Pieper’s owner insisted I get her started on the barrels. 🤩🥰
This mare has had 2 months training on her total. She was a clean slate when she showed up and is going to be done with training this week!
This mare has a long way to go but, today she really brought confidence to the arena. After some slow work & roll backs on the fence I decided it would be good to see where she is at. She did awesome!
We’ve had issues with the right lead & today she picked it up effortlessly. She honestly didn’t seem at the top of her game today either, I’m thinking she’s not getting enough sleep being in with the mare pen. One of the mares is tiny but mighty! Pieper is getting her own pen today so we can see if she feels better tmr and then the rest of the week!
And this is why I can’t have nice things😂
Skyes second saddling was more eventful than her first. Although she didn’t bring out her karate moves, she did run over my panel a bit this time. 🥲
This is pretty normal for horses in the beginning. However, what I don’t see everyday is one totally reset after a few minutes.
If I lunged this mare out, she was great. If I was leading her around at a walk she would randomly bolt and go to bucking. This persisted for over an hour after I lunged her out. She’ll be one that takes quite a bit more attention!
She’s very athletic and very smart but we’re gonna work on trying to get her brain working sooner than an hour! 😝
On the bright side, I desensitized the stirrups and she couldn’t care a bit. But, randomly she’d feel that back cinch a little tighter and flip a switch!
Izzy arena ride
This mare almost had me convinced she was gonna be a draft that rides like a well balanced QH.
Nope. Today she showed me she is indeed a dull draft! That is ok! 🙂 That is just how they tend to be & need more motivation. We can work with that!
Besides that, I’m very pleased with how she’s coming along. She’s such a smart girl and has seriously impressed us all!
A new girl is here!
Skye had her first day of work today and got introduced to the saddle. The video is after all the fuss. This girl took the saddle like a champ. Stood to get cinched up, moved out awesome… and then went boom! Hootin and hollerin, jumping sideways, and all the fancy bronc moves. Once she got comfortable with the cinch and saddle, I made it a lil more snug on the back and made sure someone recorded this time!
Obviously, nothing happened. Typical! And good of course. This mare is pretty sensitive and very smart. Super stoked to see how she comes along! I’m sure she’ll be one who comes along quick.
This 2y/o filly is bred to run and is AVAILABLE!!! She’s big and beautiful! 6️⃣k takes her home after this month of training!
Izzy second ride
Unfortunately I didn’t get to the horses yesterday since there were several horses I had to help with yesterday to get teeth done and didn’t get to ride anyone.
But, sometimes after a long weekend you see a ton of progress. So glad Izzy came out today looking to impress! I am taken back with how smart this mare is showing me she is. All the horses honestly did pretty awesome today! Very good start to the week. Even though we’re a little late!
Al ride
This guy feels like a rocking horse! He has been an interesting one and is extremely athletic. As of lately I’ve had how to just lope a lot and then let him sit and think on life. Then, proceed with training. He gets flustered easy but, is gaining a lot of confidence. This isn’t today’s ride but, today was his best session. A lightbulb went off and he’s trusting me a lot more vs resorting to flight mode. I cannot wait to see what this guy can do when he is ready to go home!!!
I know a lot of people wouldn’t have touched this horse with a 10 ft pole but, she sure has been rewarding as of lately.
I knew she was ready to ride last week but, considering how she acted when she showed up… I wasn’t really thinking I wanted to rush it. I have given this horse a lot more time than the average. However, Y’all shoulda seen her trying to strike me when I touched her in the beginning!
Izzy got her first ride today and even picks up her front feet good enough now I don’t think we need drugs to get those feet done. She went from taking over an hour to catch to 2 minutes. She went from dragging me to me being able to lead her to the round pen holding my son’s hand.
To say I’m impressed with her progress is simply an understatement. Good job Izzy!!!
Izzy
She is almosttttt there!!!!! With how wild she was I’m gonna give her a little longer to swing a leg over. Maybe we will intro to bit and learn to give to pressure next. This mare can buck and I just am not the one that wants to deal with it! She’s not at a point mentally where she doesn’t see me as a threat. And doesn’t have a good enough handle to diffuse any worry if she had any while I was up there! So we’re gonna create that handle next!
Izzy
Izzy got the saddle on today (like several before but, I got a video now)! Here it is! I’ll post some more of Izzy as well. She did really awesome!
Al
Al standing to mount. He is still early in his learning. I can’t honestly remember which ride this is but, he is very green lol!
Scout
Another video of scout today, he did awesome but Facebook won’t let me post multiple videos 👎🏼 so, going to flood you guys with a few of the horses. It was just an awesome day training these guys.
Scout
I love the day after a hard lesson learnt. This gelding showed me he retained everything he learnt yesterday and executed everything almost flawlessly. I simply cannot even explain how far this gelding has come, so I’m not going to try… I am just extremely impressed with his progress.
HE IS AVAILABLE AND HAS ANOTHER MONTH TRAINING PAID ON HIM!!
