Aria Desert Rain

Aria Desert Rain Aria Desert Rain is a positive reinforcement equine training and coaching business.

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ.The past season has held a lotโ€”๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ, ๐ข๐ฅ...
05/08/2025

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ.

The past season has held a lotโ€”๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž, and more quiet stressors behind the scenes. Life has felt heavy, and while Iโ€™ve continued showing up for my family, my animals, the ranch, and my students, I havenโ€™t had the energy to train or create the kind of content I love sharing with you here.

Thatโ€™s been frustrating. ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

But in all of this, the horses have reminded me of something important.
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ.
They donโ€™t measure the quality of our relationship in training sessions or productivity.

What they seem to value mostโ€”especially right nowโ€”๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. On the days when all I can do is sit with them for a few quiet minutes, or take a slow walk in hand, theyโ€™re still there. ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. And in that space, even with everything else going on, ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž.

So if youโ€™ve felt this way tooโ€”tired, stretched thin, not quite yourselfโ€”youโ€™re not alone.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

If youโ€™re in a season like this, Iโ€™d love to hear how youโ€™re finding connection in small ways. Letโ€™s hold space for each other in the comments.

โœจ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก! โœจAny guesses on whatโ€™s coming? ...
02/21/2025

โœจ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก! โœจ
Any guesses on whatโ€™s coming? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿด๐Ÿ’ซ Stay tuned!

โฌ‡๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!

โœจ ๐๐„๐– ๐๐‹๐Ž๐† ๐๐Ž๐’๐“ โœจ"๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›โ€”๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’?"...
02/20/2025

โœจ ๐๐„๐– ๐๐‹๐Ž๐† ๐๐Ž๐’๐“ โœจ

"๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›โ€”๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’?"

During a windstorm, Reya found herself tangled in a thorny branch, triggering a powerful nervous system response. Instead of rushing to "fix" it, I made a choiceโ€”to be her anchor, not her rescuer.

๐Ÿ’ก This experience was an eye-opening lesson in ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. I watched as Reyaโ€™s nervous system moved through cycles of ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐žโ€”until she finally found peace ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ.

๐ŸŽ ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ? Letโ€™s discuss in the comments!

๐Ÿ“– Read the full story here: https://ariadesertrain.com/?p=1479

How does a horse nervous system recover from stress? Read how my mare Reya moved through panic to peaceโ€”without force or intervention.

๐ŸŒŸ Big Milestones for Reya Tonight! ๐ŸŒŸTonight, Reya took a huge step forwardโ€”she came to the gate to be haltered for the f...
02/09/2025

๐ŸŒŸ Big Milestones for Reya Tonight! ๐ŸŒŸ

Tonight, Reya took a huge step forwardโ€”she came to the gate to be haltered for the first time! This is a massive accomplishment for her, as sheโ€™s still working through her fear of the halter.

She also explored the tying area and even checked out the pedestal. I gave her time and space to explore, and while she didnโ€™t linger long, her curiosity shows just how far sheโ€™s come in less than two weeks. ๐Ÿ’•

Every small step counts on this journey, and Reya is showing us her courage day by day.

๐Ÿด Follow for more updates on her progress and milestones!

๐ŸŒŸ Big Milestones for Reya Tonight! ๐ŸŒŸTonight, Reya took a huge step forwardโ€”she came to the gate to be haltered for the f...
02/09/2025

๐ŸŒŸ Big Milestones for Reya Tonight! ๐ŸŒŸ

Tonight, Reya took a huge step forwardโ€”she came to the gate to be haltered for the first time! This is a massive accomplishment for her, as sheโ€™s still working through her fear of the halter.

She also explored the tying area and even checked out the pedestal. I gave her time and space to explore, and while she didnโ€™t linger long, her curiosity shows just how far sheโ€™s come in less than two weeks. ๐Ÿ’•

Every small step counts on this journey, and Reya is showing us her courage day by day.

๐Ÿด Follow for more updates on her progress and milestones!

Good morning from Desert Rain Ranch! ๐ŸŒˆA rare rainstorm blessed us with this beautiful rainbow over the mountains. Nature...
02/05/2025

Good morning from Desert Rain Ranch! ๐ŸŒˆ
A rare rainstorm blessed us with this beautiful rainbow over the mountains. Nature has a way of reminding us that even after the storm, thereโ€™s beauty waiting to shine through. Wishing you a day full of peace and little moments of wonder!

"๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ...
02/04/2025

"๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘Žโ€”๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ!"

๐Ÿด ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐š (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž)!
She is a 7-year-old National Show Horse (Half Arabian, Half Saddlebred) who was rescued by ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž - ๐€๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž after being passed from auction to auction, landing in the hands of an abusive horse trader. By the time she reached the rescue, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐š. But Love This Horse recognized what she really needed: ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ.

๐Ÿ’› ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐š?
I first saw Reya when I was working on two case studies at the rescue for my ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. While I was focused on the other horses, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž. Something about her stayed with me, and now, sheโ€™s here, starting a new chapter.

๐Ÿก ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž & ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Reya is ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ and wonโ€™t enter the barn yet, but sheโ€™s warming up to the turnout shelter after watching my herd use it. I introduced her to my horses ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ, and theyโ€™ve all been incredibly calm and welcoming. Right now, she has her own ๐Ÿ‘/๐Ÿ’ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ where she can approach and interact with the herd on her own terms.

๐Ÿ”„ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ
My priority is ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐š ๐š๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž. While she was given the space to recover at the rescue, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ for horses with her history. Right now, the focus isnโ€™t trainingโ€”itโ€™s ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž.

๐Ÿ’› ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŽฅ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘›! ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ขโ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.

โœจ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž! โœจIโ€™ve been hard at work creating a website that reflects who I am as a trainer and what I...
12/18/2024

โœจ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž! โœจ

Iโ€™ve been hard at work creating a website that reflects who I am as a trainer and what I offer to help equines and their humans thrive together. Youโ€™ll find:

๐ŸŒŸ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ & ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
๐Ÿด ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ’ก ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: Blog, free mini guide, and more!
๐Ÿ“† ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’š When you sign up for my newsletter, youโ€™ll receive my free mini guide: "Achieving Emotional Balance and Connection"โ€”a resource to help your equine feel safe, relaxed, and engaged.

I hope you love exploring the new site as much as I loved creating it! Take a look here:
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Discover Positive Reinforcement Equine Training with Aria Desert Rain. Build trust, balance, and connection with your equine through science-based methods.

"๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น+ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’š ๐‘ฌ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’†?"Positive reinforcement (R+) is an incredible way to build trust, communi...
11/20/2024

"๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น+ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’š ๐‘ฌ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’†?"

Positive reinforcement (R+) is an incredible way to build trust, communication, and joy into your relationship with your equine. But how do you get started? It all begins with some simple steps to teach your equine that ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜. This foundational exercise sets the stage for more advanced training.

When I introduce an equine to R+, I always love witnessing that moment of understandingโ€”the spark in their eye when they connect the sound of the click to a reward. It's such a rewarding experience! Let me walk you through the basics:

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ
Markers are clear signals to your equine that theyโ€™ve done something right and a reward is coming. In R+, this is often a clicker or a specific sound, like a tongue click. To make this marker meaningful, youโ€™ll pair it with food rewards (weโ€™ll call this โ€œcharging the clickerโ€).

๐Ÿ”” ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ?
It bridges the gap between the desired behavior and the reward, helping your equine understand exactly what theyโ€™re being rewarded for.

๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
Pick something low-value but interesting enough for your equine. You want them to enjoy the process without getting overexcited. (Check out my post [โ€œHow to Test Treat Value for Your Equineโ€™s Trainingโ€](https://www.facebook.com/AriaDesertRain/posts/pfbid02AwKwGrfNmMCwsEjbUjaUaSTthhPEKKJJ6V2hjygDZPxooZxEGqynw9HUKd9cFeD2l for tips!)

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž
Before you begin, make sure:
๐ŸŒฟ Your equine isnโ€™t hungry. Itโ€™s best to work in an environment where they have access to forage, so they feel relaxed and can disengage if they need to.

๐Ÿ“ Work with one equine at a time when starting this exercise to avoid any confusion or competitionโ€”it helps create a more focused and positive learning environment.

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐Ÿ‘: ๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ
Hereโ€™s a simple and effective exercise to โ€œcharge the clickerโ€ and teach your equine what the marker means:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐’๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ: Place a bowl on the ground near your equine.
2๏ธโƒฃ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: Without waiting for any specific behavior, make the click sound and immediately toss a generous amount of food rewards into the bowl.
3๏ธโƒฃ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ญ: Do this a few times in short sessions. Your equine will start to connect the click with the reward.
4๏ธโƒฃ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : Youโ€™ll know theyโ€™ve understood when they start looking at the bowl or toward you after hearing the click.

๐“๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
โœจ Keep sessions short and stress-free. The goal is to maintain calmness and relaxation, not perfection.

๐ŸŽ Use a generous amount of food rewards to reinforce the marker. Donโ€™t worry about head position or timing just yetโ€”focus on making the experience enjoyable.

๐ŸŽฏ Stay consistent with the marker sound you choose. You can introduce different sounds as markers later if you wish, but for now, stick to one to build clarity.

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ก๐ž๐š๐
As you progress, tools like targets can help guide your equine toward specific behaviors, but for now, the focus is on teaching them the meaning of the click. Once your equine understands the click-reward connection, you can use these tools to shape behaviors in a clear and fun way.

By starting with this exercise, youโ€™re giving your equine the tools to understand how R+ works and setting the foundation for deeper learning. In future posts, weโ€™ll dive into the importance of timing and how to refine your use of markers.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘+ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž? ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐโ€”๐ˆโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ!

โœจ Exciting Updates Coming Soon! โœจWeโ€™re thrilled to announce that a brand new website is on the way! ๐ŸŽ‰ This refreshed sit...
11/14/2024

โœจ Exciting Updates Coming Soon! โœจ

Weโ€™re thrilled to announce that a brand new website is on the way! ๐ŸŽ‰ This refreshed site will look familiar but has been thoughtfully updated to make it easier to explore valuable resources and find exactly what you need.

Hereโ€™s what to look forward to:

๐ŸŒŸ Improved navigation to help you dive deeper into training content
๐ŸŒŸ A dedicated blog section with articles on equine emotional health and training tips
๐ŸŒŸ A special area for exciting new offerings coming in 2025!

Weโ€™re so excited to share this with you. Stay tunedโ€”big things are on the horizon! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿด

Be sure to follow for updates, and let us know what youโ€™re most excited to see! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿด๐Ÿ’šThis is the second in our series of student success stories, where we high...
11/05/2024

๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿด๐Ÿ’š

This is the second in our series of student success stories, where we highlight the incredible journeys my students have taken with their equine partners using positive reinforcement training. Today, Iโ€™m excited to share Gale's story with her mare, Madison. Their bond shows the power of trust, patience, and connection in overcoming challenges together.

Gale has been a dedicated member of the Connection Training community for over two and a half years. Her bond with her 16-year-old Rocky Mountain mare, Madison, has deepened during this time, and ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. Gale first met Madison while working on a certification program and immediately knew they were meant to be a team. Since then, Gale has spent countless hours working with Madison through daily walks and consistent training.

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . Despite Galeโ€™s commitment and experience, this behavior had become a source of frustration. Wanting to maintain their strong bond and improve their training experience, Gale reached out to me for help.

Together, we discovered that ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ. I suggested turning grooming sessions into a fun, playful activity, incorporating a game of fetchโ€”something Gale had already taught Madison. Along with this, we introduced enrichment exercises and moments of relaxation to help Madison become calmer and more focused during their sessions.

Over time, Gale noticed significant improvements. ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ž. Instead of biting, she started paying attention to their connection, and their time together became more harmonious. ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, and it was wonderful to see their progress through the videos Gale shared, with Madison calmly standing by the targets and fully focused on their work together.

๐†๐š๐ฅ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . Their bond goes beyond just trainingโ€”itโ€™s about the joy of spending time together, creating a relationship built on mutual understanding and fun. Gale and Madisonโ€™s story is a beautiful example of what can be achieved when we truly listen to our horses and prioritize their emotional well-being.






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