A HUGE welcome into training to Dakota! She is a rescue horse from ASAP Kill Pen Rescue ☺️ Yesterday was spent working on halter breaking her and then the beginning of leading and giving to pressure! I’m so proud of this smart girl! Dakota went from just running circles being anxious of the unknown in the round pen to relaxing into the halter at the end of our session 🙌🏼 The goal for Miss Dakota is to get her trained and available for adoption into her forever home! #asapkillpenrescues #scnh #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #colstarting
Cheech was an absolute rockstar on trails yesterday! To build his confidence, we went out with a seasoned trail horse and were ponied given that it has been a while since the last time he was ridden out on trails. He went up and down some pretty big hills, worked on just standing still and taking in the scenery, and overall building confidence! I’m so proud of this sweet boy 🙌🏼 ASAP Kill Pen Rescue
Cheech is back in action and still looking for his forever family! ASAP Kill Pen Rescue
Ellie’s lesson yesterday showed just how much she’s grown- she rode Roxie in her lesson and we did a small trail ride and ended with Ellie’s first time in the playground! Ellie took Roxie over the teeter totter, step ups, big platform, and logs! I’m also so proud of how Roxie has been helping Ellie with her confidence 🙌🏼
Sooo happy with how much progress Cheech has been making!! He is so willing and happy to try anything so far once he understands what is being asked of him! Today we worked on him being comfortable maintaining a circle at the trot, using the lunge line for support. Cheech is way more WHOA than go, so maintaining a consistent trot is still quite a bit of work 😅 Stay tuned for more updates to come the next weeks! If you want to make this sweet man part of your family, message ASAP Kill Pen Rescue for the adoption application!!
Took advantage of the nice weather and worked with Bodhi on some trailer loading skills: leading in, backing out, patience and self loading into the last slant! He’s still learning the coordination of walking his hind end into the trailer rather than bunny hopping it but we’ll get there! With enough confidence building and desensitizing, trailer loading can be a fun and easy thing for them 🙌🏼 This youngster is so smart! Solstice Sanctuary
Cheech’s first ride!
Cheech had his first ride a little over a week ago and he was great! Huge thanks to Katie Sorensen for hopping on this little guy! This is just a little snip-it from the beginning of the ride- he’s such a special guy (was so happy to be ridden and involved 😂) and will be ready for adoption soon! ASAP Kill Pen Rescue
Cheech saddled groundwork
A little insight to our training session today! Cheech has been with me for a week and this morning I was able to record part of our session ☺️ We have been working on coming off pressure quickly, yielding hind and front end, staying soft at the trot/canter in groundwork, side passing, keeping relaxed throughout saddling, and patience at the mounting block! This guy will be AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION through ASAP Kill Pen Rescue so feel free to message them for an application because this guy will make an amazing horse for someone! Stay tuned for more videos and updates!
#SCNH #secondchances #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #coltstarting #ASAPKillPenRescues #adoptdontshop
Freckles is just one of those horses that rarely come along in training… I personally have never ridden her on the road and with the pasture being too wet to ride in I figured it’d be good to try it out.. So like normal we threw on the saddle, put on my rope halter, hopped on, and rode down the driveway and onto the road ALONE and she was amazing!! Completely loose rein while we were out and about, was unbothered by the car that passed, and ears forward 🙌🏼 And she was in a HALTER not even a bridle!! This is one of the only horses I know that prefers to ride alone 😂 Not to mention I put the reins around the horn on the way back to the barn on the driveway and she never once sped up and behaved perfectly 💪🏼 Horses like this mare is exactly why I started Second Chances 💚
#scnh #secondchances #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining
The other night I had planned to work with Roxie but time got away from me and it was cold so I decided to check where we were with desensitization and the hula hoop… I guess it’s safe to say that the flashing lights and the sounds had no effect! Freckles and Sage even got to learn the hula hoop won’t kill them 😂 Talk about a special horse 😅
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Finally got to ride my favorite appaloosa in an arena again! She did great for it being her first time at @angelasequinesolutions farm 🙌🏼 We got in some really good work at the walk, trot, and canter- despite her facial expressions she really did enjoy it! This mare is something special and I can’t wait to take her back and work her again!
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Roxie has officially told me she’s ready to ride! It’s been a while since I’ve saddled her but today I threw the saddle on and did some groundwork WITHOUT a buck and then I walked up & on the mounting block and she lined herself up and wouldn’t move from the mounting block until I lead her away 😂 This mare is really something else 🥰 Hopefully getting on her for our first ride in almost a year and half this week 🙌🏼🤞🏼 Stay tuned!
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Cold mornings = sassy Roxie mornings 🤦🏼♀️ Definitely an athletic mare- throwing a tantrum since I was in my car too long (in her opinion) before feeding this morning 😂 Hopefully going to be getting her ridden again this winter now that things are slowing down! Stay tuned for updates on this sassy mare!
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Taking advantage of a nicer day and got some work in with Freckles! This girl is still available for adoption through #asapkillpenrescue and is such a joy to work with! Not only is she beyond attentive when working, she also has a fun personality! Today was the first time that I have ridden Freckles out in the big pasture and she was great! She had no issue leaving the goats and Roxie while they watched and ate some grass and she moved off my legs and body perfectly! Can’t wait for our next ride if the weather continues to be this nice! #scnh #secondchances #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #asapkillpenrescues #slaughterrescue
Trail vacation day 1!
So proud of this big guy! Captain ended up coming up to Wildcat Instead of Freckles due to some back soreness and I’m so glad he did! This horse went into some big parts of Wildcat and was a trooper! He lead for about 75% of the 8 mile mountain trail ride 🙌🏼 Talk about an amazing breakthrough with this guy! A true trail horse in the making ☺️
#scnh #secondchances #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #ottbsofinstagram #ottb
So proud of Captain! This guy has had a huge transformation over the last year! He has gone from cantering in place on the trails to leading the group at a walk on a loose rein! 🙌🏼
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Sage is learning a new trick and has picked it up pretty quick! Sage tends to get a bit bored and spacey so I like to do things to get her thinking along with introducing her to maneuvers she’ll be doing under saddle. Such a smart mare!
#scnh #secondchances #naturalhorsemanship #aqhaproud #aqha #killpenrescue #slaughterrescue
I got to spend some time with my favorite girl today and we played around with some tricks on the pedestal. Rox LOVES her pedestal 😂 Since we haven’t played with it in a while I stood on it at first so she knew it was safe and apparently she thought it was a mounting block because she lined herself up like it was time to ride 🥰 After we re-established that she was supposed to stand on it, she couldn’t get enough, we practiced standing while being flagged, standing while I went under her, standing while I sat between her legs, and standing with the saddle on. Talk about a little trick pony! I also got to spend some time working with Belle on confidence with the pedestal and bridge along with more saddle work. You can see Belle in the background watching Roxie to make sure the pedestal is safe to stand on 😅 #scnh #secondchances #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #asapkillpenrescues
