Lakotas first day working a rope
Allyson Mannello
Bravo the mustang is coming along for two weeks!
I think cow training methods are working 😂. Auto pilot!
Happy Valentines Day. Riding horses outside in the woods today
Toby sorting
We out Toby in a sorting setting today and am super pleased with how he handled himself. This horse has come a long way and I am very proud of him
Everything you do should have a purpose. The dogs are one of the best distraction tools I can have and Bonita in the background is Toby’s girlfriend. Today was a day to see how truly focused on me he was. And he passed with flying colors.
On location lesson working on riding your horse while doing another task
One of my lessons used to have a hard time not focusing solely on her horse. So I gave her a rope and said “now trust your abilities and her and ride her the way you know how to” and this in return and opened up a whole new avenue of confidence!
Oftentimes less is more. Toby is to the point where he has quite a few maneuvers under his belt and will anticipate what I’m going to do next and want to rush into it. Let them make the mistake it’s okay. In due time they will settle and not look to anticipate what you are asking
Sometimes the little sister has to show her big sister how to do it!
Hard work, consistency, perseverance, trust and communication. Lead to moments like this!
It’s Christmas!! It’s Christmas!! Everyone jump around with us cause it’s Christmas!!
This is what hard work paying off looks like! So happy for Riley and her horse shadow!
Broke out the imaginary mounted shooting guns while working on the lope today 😂
Blessed!
Rooster has been lame for the past week. Finally got him sound so we went out this morning to see how he was doing. I also forgot my gloves and my hands were frozen…so I put him in autopilot mode. Blessed to have some pretty cool animals in my life!
Horse and owner success always is a beautiful thing! Great job Kelly with all your hard work!
Always work on the horses timeline not anyone else’s. If you do, you’ll always fail. This is a huge video of shadow, walking back to the barn quietly on a loose rein. We have spent the past week learning that he hast to work his tail off when hurrying back to the barn. hours of sweat. But as you can see, good things take time.
Working on barn sourness today. When we are outside we get to go easy and nice. When we rush back to the barn we get our hind end worked off.
This morning shadow decided that anytime I would ask him to sto or back up he would be pretty rude about it. So we spent some time and this is the end result. Stopping well off of my seat and soft to the reins.
4 new horses never seen a rope before, or worked cows. All did fantastic this weekend in Wisconsin