Don't forget to go back to the basics with your horses!
Refresh them, show them and continue to be consistent in the delivery, leadership and partnership.
It's a journey, not a race.
Hope yall are enjoying your weekend!
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Lucy put her big girl pants on the other day and was saddled the other day for the first time.
Remember it's not a race, it's the journey and the positive experience/reinforcement that you can provide them.
Lucy is coming along well and at her own pace. Much like us we're all different and require a different or slower approach than others. That does not mean that there's a handicap, or one is smarter than the other. It just means one requires more patience and more practice than others.
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Darla continues to impress! Can't wait to do this under saddle with her🤠
Happy birthday Darla!!! 🎂
Also ISO of a record deal, I know what I got 🤣
It's important to sit and have some quiet time after putting in a good session. Especially at the beginning of getting one gentle, gotta create a bond. Sometimes this means more to them than anything else, just sit and be quiet.
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Just a toddler doing toddler things 🤦♂️😂...
Had a day of going back to the basics with Whiskey, particularly with the flag. I'm glad I did, he seemed to of forgotten what the flag was. We spent some time getting him re-familiar and comfortable with the flag again. Now to help him realize it's not a snack 😅
Point is circle back to the foundation and the basics every now and then with your horse. You both will be better for it because you never know what they may forget along the way, and you might find that you've forgotten somethings as well. It's a partnership and there's always room for improvement on both ends.
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Rolo:
This handsome guy has quite the story to tell.
He has endured over 10 years of abuse- from being hard started in TX to an abusive facility here in NC.
Needless to say, he's become a little "unhinged". His current owner, whom he launched through a fence, wound up breaking her leg, still believes in giving him a chance. She has been told that he is "untrainable, a nightmare, he needs to be put down". I have the pleasure of working with him (and his owner) through his quirks and kinks. His owner and myself can not wait to see how far he comes along. Stay tuned for more updates!
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Be patient, trust the process and don't quit. It's a journey not a race, stay true to yourself and what you want to succeed. For everyone that looks a little different, and you'll have people who don't believe in you and doubt you. As long as you stay true to yourself you begin to hear less of the negative talk because they are not where you are.
I chose my path, by goly, I'm glad I did because it saved me. The horse has done more for me than any human could have ever done for me. As a medically retired combat veteran, when I got out I was unhinged and angry. I was lost, I felt I had no more purpose, yes I was still a father and a husband but something was missing.
Finding my way back to the horse was an act of God, after a while I knew this is what I was meant to do. I needed the horse just as much as they are in desperate need of someone to show them a good deal.
So many doubted me, so many didn't think I could make it, so many thought I wouldn't get anywhere and end up broke and back to working a job I hated.
Unfortunately this is a reality for so many veterans and people alike, we live in an Era of lost people who have no direction to go and are scared to jump. Don't be scared to jump, pick what you love to do and just go for it. It can be whatever you want, forget the negative noise forget the people who aren't with you and truly in your corner. Find what matters most to YOU and stick to it.
Believe in yourself, it's not easy but you gotta work on it every single day. Their will be hard days, hard weeks but stay true and keep workin.
Love yall, stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
First time out on the trail over South River Ranch and its a nice trail that will be great for the heat cause there's lots of shade and pretty soft ground as well.
Boomerang is comin along nicely, making good steady progress, he's getting more gentle and softer almost everyday. He's gonna make someone a pretty solid horse someday. Looking forward to covering more ground and exploring with this big guy, and hopefully soon start to see how he does workin some cows. 🤠
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
Wouldn't want to be doing anything else. It's been a journey and it'll continue to be a journey but this is what I believe I was meant to do.
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
It's been a rough couple of weeks with Mr. Oliver, have had some set backs and kinda lost him there for a bit. I didn't give up on him and I knew he'd come back with some time and patience.
Thursday I could tell right off the bat he seemed better, level headed and ready to work. We had a great session and even managed to do a session with another horse that needs some direction.
Yesterday we did some of the same things to kinda see if he has indeed come back to progression, not only has he come back but he seems to come back more solid and willing to continue forward.
Don't give up on your horse, stay true to him and true to yourself. If it seems like they're kinda lost, kinda like how we tend to get at times just be there for them. They'll love you even more for it and you'll thank yourself later.
Stay blessed and enjoy the ride 🤠
