Horse Training With Bria

06/04/2024

Whisper and I were on the news today! Learn a little bit about Wonder Wood Ranch on the Good Day Sacramento news!

Here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/vo1T5c1owt4?si=4bdz8gE1AOcICQAo

30/08/2023

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Whisper learning to not be bothered by anything. He looks like a lunch lady! (After this he went into juvenile hall and gave his first rides to the youth there. What a good boy!)

29/07/2023

💜 𝕄𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣 💜

A little late in the game for an official introduction but here it is!

🪻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🪻
➢ Whisper is 2 Year old Mustang Gelding from the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota. Half-Brother to Pocket (now Chico) Coco Bruce (Now Dakota), Lucero, and Dakota Moon! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Whisper is in training with me in hopes of making a solid program horse for Wonder Wood Ranch in serving at-risk youth through animal therapy. While also being a fun horse for my mom. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Whisper is going to be taken through my training program: C**t Starting, Fundamentals Groundwork/Riding, Hobbling and Lcleg Restraints, Training on the Trail, Trailer Training, plus more if that’s what we decide! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Whisper is staying here at the ranch where he’s being trained but I’m treating him like any client horse I have in. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Our primary focus is foundational training/colt starting. So our goal to get him quiet, soft & supple, and to be solid citizen for the ranch!

✰ Follow me to see how he does! So far, it’s been amazing.

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16/07/2023

🏜️ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 🏜️

The most incredible experience

🪷 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🪷
➢ Back in mid-March, I attended the first-ever public Downunder Horsemanship Advanced clinic! It was a 4-day clinic in Tuscon Arizona run by Professional Clinicians, Shayla Smock and Jeff Davis. I went with Martini!

➢ When I first found out about this clinic, I was actually at Jeff Davis’ Fundamentals clinic with Dakota in Woodlake. I was super bummed. I couldn’t possibly make a 14+ hour trip. To another state? No way!!

➢ But… it fell into place!! My DUH friends and I decided to make the trip together. And although it was a little outside my (and Martini’s) comfort zone, I’m so glad we made it work!

➢ Not only did Martini and I learn and progress SO much in a matter of 4 days, but the people I met and the connections I made were absolutely incredible. I met the most amazing Downunder Horsemanship people. REAL Downunder Horsemanship people!

➢ It was so fun to hear all the stories of their experiences with the method and Clinton himself. And although I was the youngest there, with my little rescue Arab that I started from scratch that knew very little of the Advanced series, Jeff, Shayla, and my fellow participants made me feel totally included and comfortable.

🌷 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 🌷
✰ Thank you Jeff and Shayla for making this work! It was life-changing for me. And thank you Morgan Foster and Katlyn Triano for bringing me along with!! Until next year? I hope so!

Also, thanks for letting me borrow your spurs Shayla 😆

📸 ⇨ Marlo Schalesky ⇦
📸 ⇨ Bethany Schalesky ⇦
🐎 ⇨ Jeff Davis ⇦
🐎 ⇨ Shayla Rae Smock ⇦
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27/02/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life” — Snoopy

➢ This was only a few sessions in with Dakota. A wild mustang that is now trained and has found his forever home.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩: To prepare your horse for riding, get them used to you being above them! Here, we were waiting to take intake photos. So we used this as an opportunity for some desensitization.
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20/02/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “If you want it bad enough, you come back no matter what happened the day before” — Clinton Anderson

➢ Frustrating days are normal! But the important part is coming back and continuing to learn and grow.

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: Use the tough days as an opportunity to grow and progress.

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17/02/2023

🌵 ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 🌵

Practice Makes Progress not Perfection!

“Don’t Ruin Excellence in the Pursuit of Perfection” -Clinton Anderson

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
➢ In horse training, there is no ‘perfection’. I am definitely a perfectionist so I struggled with eliminating perfection completely from the picture. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ By always trying to achieve perfection, you often get frustrated! Because it is an impossible goal. By practicing with your horse, you will make progress. And when training, celebrating progress is 100% effective. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ By trying to achieve perfection, I got frustrated! But by trying to achieve progress, I got confidence. Which is key with horses! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ This doesn’t mean lower your standard. Expect the right amount from your horse. If you are just starting an exercise, don’t expect much. Then expect more and more as they start to understand the lesson. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ If you expect low of them, they will stoop down to that level. Expect high, but don’t be disappointed if they don’t achieve that! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ In some sessions, you won’t even see any progress! And that’s okay! It’s all apart of the learning process.

✰ But when you see progress, make sure to celebrate it! Celebrate the small things!

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15/02/2023

🌷 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 🌷

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone! Can You Guess Who My Valentine is? 🤔😆

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
➢ Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a great Valentine’s Day; single or taken! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Martini is my Valentine yet again this year and I can’t wait to get working him again! We’re attending an Advanced Clinic so I need to get preparing soon but I’ve been busy! ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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➢ Thanks for supporting me and my training journey. And if you haven’t followed this Instagram account, (._) please do! Lots of educational content will be and is posted here. Have an awesome Valentine’s Day!

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⇨ Who is your equine Valentine?

𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 ⇨ My first horse is named Valentine and she was born on Valentine’s Day! She is now in her late 30’s.

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’sday

13/02/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

➢ I have a lot of older clients so I have to remind them that they, too, can expand their horsemanship and reach their full potential! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to progress in your horsemanship

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: You never stop learning! No matter how old or experienced you are. Look for and crave opportunities of growth!

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09/02/2023

🌵 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ Throwback to the first time I had ever laid Martini down! It has always been my dream to lay down a horse. But I definitely accomplished a lot more than that! Martini helped me achieve amazing things. This was a very special moment for both he and I 💜

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goals

09/02/2023

“Let your haters be your elevators.” -Josh Feuerstein

No matter how good your intentions are, how hard you work, how much you serve others, how great you are at what you do, the dreams, goals and wishes you have to help other people, your family, your community, to give back- there will still be people out there who wish to see you fail and maybe even worse.

Do not let them stop you!

In fact- allow them to elevate you!

Haters are usually the loudest right?! And you know what being loud takes??

Energy!

And you know how that works.

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed!

Transfer that negative hater energy into fuel for your mission, for what you are doing and guess what?!

There’s nothing a hater hates more than to see you suck their energy and use it to get stronger, better, to help others more and to succeed more!

I’ll be the first admit it sucks when some of your haters are those you once admired, but it happens.

Most of the time when you’re genuinely doing something for the greater good those that hate on you merely don’t understand. And sometimes we have to get better at our delivery.

But we got to keep pushing forward!

Don’t let that negatively slow you down or stop you!

Many many many more are inspired by you, look up to you, dream of being you, maybe even depend on you…

And if you stop now you stop serving all of those who matter!

It’s all just energy! Capture it and turn it into fuel for your mission, your purpose, your motivation!

You got this!

-C**ton Woods

06/02/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ The journey is often more important than the destination

➢ When your horse works through the problem and tries to find the right answer, they learn to think. And especially think for themselves!! When working with horses, our goal as trainers should not only be to teach the horse to do the desired behavior, but to teach the them to think and find that correct behavior. That journey to the final product is what truly transforms your horse!

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: Letting your horse find the correct answer makes that thinking side bigger and that reacting side smaller!

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28/01/2023

Wise words from me a year ago:

“Super yes!!! Please read everyone!

Patient clients are the best clients! It takes a long time to get a good foundation on a horse. But it’s also important for clients to make sure that the trainers that they are hiring aren’t keeping the horse for more money. Something Clinton says that I stand by is that if a client is paying $1,000 make them think that they’re getting a deal. Make them think that they are getting $1,100 out of it. Or even more! (Paraphrasing) I always try to make it so that they are getting MORE than what they pay for!

But, back on topic, people need to be patient when it comes to training. A solid foundation takes a long time. Do not expect a good solid foundation in short time! Each horse takes a different amount of time. It’s important for both the trainer and the owner to be flexible with that.”

30 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH!

60 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH! 

A well rounded, well trained horse takes years to develop and THEY ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT!

Good training isn't quick. Good trainers aren't cheap. When you take an un-started horse to a trainer, 30 days is not enough. The bare minimum should be 90 days. Longer is better. Yes, it costs money.

Horses 🐎 Cost 💲 money ……and there is no way around it.

Make sure you choose a trainer who is honest about this and isn't just trying to keep your horse longer for the money. Sit in on sessions once your horse is in training and ask questions. 30 days is not enough for the majority of horse owners to step in and continue with the success of the horse. You’re setting the horse up for failure. If you’ve taken the horse out of training too soon, not only will it affect the horse but you're also setting blame for the “bad trainer” that didn't get your horse broke and kid safe in 30 days.

In most cases, what your horse and trainer can do together after 30, 60 and 90 days are not what you and your horse can do together.
This means you need to be engaged in the process with your horse, in lessons and seeking to learn yourself if you want to recreate the education your horse is receiving.

The expectation of a 90 day horse is that they now have a solid foundation of the BASICS.

What those basics are will vary from horse to horse, age and trainer, but understand that you do not have a finished horse by any stretch of the imagination... and you don't usually have a beginner safe horse. Having the expectation that this is possible, is unfair to the horse. Remember, your horse won't necessarily retain ALL of what they have learned when they go back home unless you continue to work with your horse consistently and with a similar set of skills. Set realistic goals and put the time in that your horse needs and deserves, it's worth the investment!

23/01/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” --Bill Cosby

➢ This surprisingly has a really great connection to horse training. If you desensitize properly, you’re horse can learn to crave the scary thing, instead of being fearful of it. It’s about where you work, vs where you rest. Or where you apply pressure vs where you release it! But in connection to us as people, sometimes what you’re fearful of, is your very path to success! Lean into God and grow in that path. 💜

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20/01/2023

🌵 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ Throwback to Andre’s first few sessions! Andre definitely was a challenge but I learned SO much and wouldn’t take it back for the world! Forever grateful for the experience I gained 🥳

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16/01/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “Sometimes, what you’re looking for comes when you’re not looking at all” - Louis Armstrong

➢ Don’t be afraid to take that opportunity! You’ll never know where it’ll lead.

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12/01/2023

🌵 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

Throwback to Dakota’s first session!

✰ Dakota (once named Coco) was a wild mustang that I trained. Dakota is now at his forever home. My first session with Dakota was super easy! From that moment I knew he’d be a good one. He was a yearling in these photos and now he’s nearing three and broke to ride! He’s grown so much since his first ever session.

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09/01/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take” - Wayne Gretzky

➢ Get out there and get it done!

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07/01/2023

🌵 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 🌵

One of the Things I Actually Struggle the Most With

🪷 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 🪷
➢ When it comes to basics of horse psychology, every horse is the same. So it’s important to learn horse psychology before you try to train. Horses have similar instincts, movements, and behaviors when it comes to herd dynamic and survival.

🌷 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 🌷
➢ Every horse has similar basic instincts and psychology, but there are many things that make horses unique. This includes breeding, personality type, etc. But a lot of a horse’s tendencies can depend on their past/past trauma.

🪷 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 🪷
➢ I definitely learned this the hard way with one of the last client horses that I had in for training. Because of Danny’s past, he took a lot longer to feel comfortable with things than your regular domestic horse. I have an overachieving and perfectionist personality so it was difficult for me when Danny didn’t follow the timeline that I had initially expected. But I soon had to come to terms with the fact that horses learn at different paces just like humans do. They are not machines and take different amounts of time, effort, and energy.

🌷 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 🌷
➢ One of the most important things to remember on this subject is to keep an open mind. Your horse may need something different than what you initally expected. Your horse may need more or less time than you initially expected. A lot of times when you rush your horse to fit your expectation, you increase the chances of leaving holes in their foundation, you will get a lower quaslity resit. you put bnoth you and the horse and the owner at risk, and you decrease your chances of success. And you increase your chances of burning out, getting frustrated, or losing your joy of working with horses!

✰ So, keep an open mind and go with the flow. Some horses simply need longer than others!

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07/01/2023

🌵 𝐁𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 🌵

Horses are Natural Followers

🌷 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 🌷
➢ The start of a good relationship with your horse begins with being a good leader. The problem with being your horse’s “friend” is that there is no clear positioning in the partnership which confuses the horse. It’s important to remember that horses aren’t humans. They communicate differently than we do!
➢ Horses in the herd have a distinct leader and pretty much all of horse training is emulating horse behavior. Horses in the wild take clear commands from their herd leaders. If the leader senses fear, the others follow without question. Horses are scared of chip bags and water bottles… I don’t think I want them calling the shots!
➢ Horses are happier when you are a good leader. When you are a good and respectable leader, they can relax and trust you to make the decisions. It takes a lot of weight off of their shoulders!

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02/01/2023

🌵 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 🌵

✰ “One of our greates strengths is the ability to admit our weaknesses” -Clinton Anderson (Downunder Horsemanship)

➢ Admit your weakness and grow from it!

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01/01/2023

🌵 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚 🌵

✰ Farewell 2022. You Brought Many Learning Experiences!

♡ 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 ♡
✰ While you’re still here, I’d like to say a few words. You have definitely been a year of growth and learning. The first half of 2022 was survival. It was my last semester of Junior Year. Filled with SATs, AP exams, finals, and more. Finishing my Junior year was such a big accomplishment and I’m still proud of how I came out of it. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ My first semester of Senior year was nothing short of a roller coaster of things I wasn’t familiar with dealing with. But I know God is preparing me for life on my own. I would have NEVER expected how this semester went. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ A lot of the beginning of 2022 was hustle and disappointment. But I learned how important it is to let go. This year was my year of letting go. And now, the anxiety that I’ve dealt with for many years is pretty much gone. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ The opportunities and growth I’ve experienced this year have been phenomenal. God has brought me with him into mentorship and especially into juvenile hall. I attended 3 clinics and a private lesson and got to work with professional clinician Jeff Davis twice which has been life-changing. I got an article in the DUH journal, I’ve started colts, had some learning experiences with some problem horses, and so much more. I’m so excited about what God has I introduced to me and although it’s scary that this year brings moving away to college, I’m excited to see what happens!!

✰ This year I’m working leaning into what God is calling me to do and growing and learning as much as I can!

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#2022 #2023 # newbeginning

01/01/2023

🌵 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚 🌵

✰ Farewell 2022. You Brought Many Learning Experiences!

♡ 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 ♡
✰ While you’re still here, I’d like to say a few words. You have definitely been a year of growth and learning. The first half of 2022 was survival. It was my last semester of Junior Year. Filled with SATs, AP exams, finals, and more. Finishing my Junior year was such a big accomplishment and I’m still proud of how I came out of it. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ My first semester of Senior year was nothing short of a roller coaster of things I wasn’t familiar with dealing with. But I know God is preparing me for life on my own. I would have NEVER expected how this semester went. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ A lot of the beginning of 2022 was hustle and disappointment. But I learned how important it is to let go. This year was my year of letting go. And now, the anxiety that I’ve dealt with for many years is pretty much gone. ⇩ ⇩ ⇩
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✰ The opportunities and growth I’ve experienced this year have been phenomenal. God has brought me with him into mentorship and especially into juvenile hall. I attended 3 clinics and a private lesson and got to work with professional clinician Jeff Davis twice which has been life-changing. I’ve started colts, had some learning experiences with some problem horses, and so much more. I’m so excited about what God has I introduced to me and although it’s scary that this year brings moving away to college, I’m excited to see what happens!!

✰ This year I’m working leaning into what God is calling me to do and growing and learning as much as I can!

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#2022 #2023 # newbeginning

10/12/2022

(My favorite group)
Dakota is being used for rides at Juvenile hall. Can you believe he’s a 2 year old once wild mustang?!

A great day at the hall!

24/11/2022

16/11/2022

🌵 𝕄𝕖𝕖𝕥 ℤ𝕖𝕖𝕧𝕒 🌵

✰ Zeeva is a 6 year old quarter horse born and raised at Valley View Equine Rescue. She had been started at Wonder Wood Ranch a few years back and has now found her forever home!

🌷 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 🌷
➢ Zeeva is in for training for behavior. She has kicked 3 separate times. Injuring her owner and others. On the third time, she shattered her owner’s tibia and fibula. Zeeva is also touchy behind the saddle pad and is defensive about her back end. Her owner was at the end of her rope, so she reached out to me for help!

🪷 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 🪷
➢ Zeeva’s on trial with me for a few weeks to see how she progresses. Then, we’ll go from there! Over the next few weeks, I plan to take Zeeva through the Fundamentals groundwork to fill in any holes that she may have developed.
➢ After that, I am going to zone in on her main issue (kicking) by taking her through the hobbling and leg restraints series. Then, I’ll pull exercises such as turn and go, turn and draw, throw to a stop, etc. from other kits in order to help with her defensiveness above her hock and to prepare her for driving.
➢ Then, when she is prepared for driving, I will teach her to ground-drive in order to tackle her blind-spots and get her used to things touching her sides. But of course, we will take it how it goes and how she does!

🌷 𝗦𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗿 🌷
➢ Since she has been at the ranch, Zeeva has had a few sessions. And I couldn’t be more pleased! Since she has been with me, she has kicked out once on both sides, but when she had been corrected, she hadn’t kicked since. Zeeva has made tremendous progress. I have done 4 sessions with Zeeva and the results have definitely given me hope!

➢ My plan is to teach Zeeva to teach Zeeva to handle higher pressure and to be able to fluctuate from high to low stress situations without getting defensive and kicking. And so far she’s been doing well!

✰ Join me to see how she progresses!

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23/10/2022

🌵 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 “𝔽𝕠𝕠𝕕” 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 🌵

✰ “It takes just as much to feed a sorry horse than a good horse” - Jeff Davis

➢ There are too many good and willing horses out there that are craving your attention to put so much effort into the ones that don’t want to or are unwilling. You have a choice!
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21/10/2022

🌵 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 🌵

🪷 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 🪷

🌷 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 🌷
➢ Horses have 2 sides, the right side and the left side. One side can be completely different than the other. I like to say, when you’re training 1 horse, you’re actually training 2 horses, the left horse and the right horse!

➢ Because of this, it is important to work on both sides of the horse. Horses need to relearn the concept that you are teaching them on each side so make sure you restart the training process when you switch.

🌷 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮/𝟯𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 🌷
➢ It is completely normal that a horse is worse on one side than the other. This can be through suppleness, desensitization, impulsion, etc. When a horse is worse on one side, I work 2/3rds on that one side, and 1/3rd on the good side to maintain it.

✰ Remember; New side, new brain, new horse!

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21/10/2022

🌵 ℕ𝕠 ℕ𝕠 ℤ𝕠𝕟𝕖! 🌵

✰ Whatever Loki does, don’t do and you’ll be safe 😆 That includes napping behind the horse! It’s a wonder he’s still here today 😂
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