Good Ole Finn helping me get on. He really is the best!
Misty is settling in well!
Such a sweet girl. New mustangs are the best!
Here's a clip of one of the lessons I am working on for the White Level of our upcoming training courses. I am terrible at explaining the science behind R+. Thankfully, I have the FinnMaster who can help me out!
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Little Hartley is growing up and learning a work ethic, He did a fantastic job going over the obstacles! Hartley is one of our avavilable mustangs. Pm me me for more info.
Here's a little clip of things to come with the White Level course which will available through our online courses. A bit of liberty leading with Nakoa. Its important to build on the liberty leading from the horse following you to a bit of showmanship. This helps a lot once we get to the Green Level and we are ready to do the first few rides.
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It's the 16th annual bucking bolting spree from Doc as he prepares for the season. Should be ok to ride after he warmed himself up. I think I can finally admit he's never going to outgrow this behavior 🤣
Friends, Forage, Freedom. The 3 Fs as described by behaviorist Lauren Fraser. As horse owners, we all try to give them the very best care. Plenty of owners are going broke while their horses have the best. Really, in the end, they just need a few things to be happy. Friends, Forage, and Freedom.
Do you ever feel like you walked into a room when someone was talking about you behind your back and you suddenly interrupted them? Yeah..... sometimes I'm paranoid like that 🤣
Sage & Finn
Friends, forage, and freedom. What every horse needs to do well. That's our Nakoa who will be back to work soon!
One of my students during her lesson yesterday. She's done a fantastic job training this mustang from the start. He was a pushy 3 year old stud when they met and she's turned him into a mostly well behaved 5 year old. She's getting some really nice down stretches and is ready to start on collection. All done with positive reinforcement!
Great job!
Doyle doing the spin with the target. Seems like a silly trick, and it kinda is. But at the same time, it's an excellent way to get a horse comfortable with switching eyes.
It's fairly common knowledge that horses see things differently from one eye to the other. That's one it's sort of drilled into us that we have to train both sides of the horse. It can be quite surprising to them to get comfortable with you on one side, only to suddenly appear on the other side. Some horses react badly, while others simply pause to process. This is a great exercise to see where your horse is at. And becomes a fun game for then to figure out.
The sun isn't quite cooperating enough to do trailer loading outside, so we can just start inside with a mock trailer set up. Ben is doing a great job! Maybe we will get sun soon.
Bringing in Desi for a training session.
One of my training groups is working on the spin from the ground. I was super pleased with Ari since he has had some time off. No huge reason why he had time off, it was just cold and I had client horses to do.
But even after living wild in the pasture for 2 weeks, he came in ready to work and learn new things! He's a special one for sure!
Bandit had his first ride! And was completely relaxed and willing the entire time. He will be started bridle less, since that is what he is used to. And I will eventually add the bridle when needed.
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Baby Hartley is doing a fantastic job learning the basics!
