TB of Nirvana on a very cold show day 🐴
Neffy throwback doing some approach and retreat exercises 🐴
Great visuals from Foxden Equine on laminitis and founder
Charles sent his test in for the WDAA International 🐴
Trailer loading practice with Gil 🐠
While Gil is pretty content to follow in to the trailer, it is important that he is confident to go in on his own, and wait patiently once he is there. He has never seen this trailer before and has only hauled once in the last year - when he came for training. This practice was also done in a medium space, and he never once tried to leave 🙌
For reactive horses, we break things down in a small, medium, and large space. Doing this helps to redirect unwanted behavior, such as pulling away, and give confidence in the correct answers where we have a little more control.
Gil is very halter broke, but can have a fear response due to unreliable people in his unknown past. I also do NOT discourage interaction with the trailer. He can paw and bang on the trailer as much as he wants, as long as it is a safe distance from the human. This helps horses to connect the noise and movement with the object on their own!
[Missing 7 minutes from the pig knocking my phone over 😂]
Majesty had a great first show in the baby green hunters 🤩 she got more confident each time we went in the ring, and placed 3rd and 5th in O/F 🐴💕
Mr Personality having some fun during catching exercises 😅🐴
One of Gill’s favorite commands has been distance backing, which he will do on the ground and off the panels, and he likes to throw in a little comedy with it 😅 since he is such a reserved and young horse, we will not discourage him showing some of his silly side 🤪
Fancy 🎀 has been showing some great improvements the last 2 weeks 👏🏽 she is 25 (you would never know it!) and is used to running the show. Working on just walking without turning into a tip toe jog was our first goal. She is allowed to walk as fast as she wants, as long as she does not break into a jog/trot. This video was taken after adding trot work in this week in both directions on a loose rein 💕
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