Slow and steady wiins the race.
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We made it! Indiana Equine Round Up here we go!
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Hay Chix
Firefly
Guess who is headed to their very first off farm adventure in one week?!?!?!
Firefly is coming with me to the Indiana Equine Roundup to participate in a few of the clinic sessions. She has been working hard to build confidence under saddle, this was one of her first times with the big heavy saddle and as you can see, she was incredibly unsure. Disregard my running commentary as I was talking to someone during the video.
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Fun with Firefly back in July 2023
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3rd ride and first assisted trail ride for baby Lou!! Tracy Tumminello
Firefly learning about the pond
Remember the video a bit ago where I showed an exercise of sending your horse through the gate as a confidence building exercise? Here is another way to utilize the same concepts. Firefly is learning about going over and through the water without crowding me or rushing. Every time she tries or thinks in the right direction I take pressure off whereas when the thought is backwards or towards me for reassurance I'll redirect her nose in the direction I'd like her to go. My guess is she is a mud puppy at heart.
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Teaching her to come get me off the fence will help us all out after a long day on the trails down the road with how tall she is looking to be!
I'm going to post a little video showing the behind the scenes to this video on my youtube channel if you're interested in checking it out!
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This is how I love to see when I'm getting a young one bridled in the earlier stages!!
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More from Lou's 2nd ride
Slow and steady wins the race! She is figuring out steering and how to not run peoples' legs into panels.. So excited to see where she goes!
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2nd ride for Lou!
Ride number two in the books last week!! Baby Lou is growing up rather well; we worked on forward, steering and stopping. I couldn't be more thrilled with how she is coming along!
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Phoebe @ Red Orchard Park
It's Friday!! Hopefully there's some R&R time with a pony scheduled into your weekend! Enjoy this clip of my girl Phoebe rocking and rolling!
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Sending practice
An exercise I like to play with for all of my animals is sending them through, over and around things before me. This is something that comes in handy when you're loading on a trailer, when you've got multiple horses you're leading at one time and a tiny gate, when you've got things in your hands that aren't going to fitthrough the gate in addition to your horse..
This exercise helps to build a horses confidence while also helping them to follow a feel on the lead. I like to play with this to see where a horse is at in their training and see if I can't find a hole or unconfidence as we go. Thanks for watching!
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Trailer practice
Why is trailer loading such an issue?
Trailer loading becomes an issue when it is rushed and forced or someone ends up injured and has a fear factor which makes them nervous about the trailer loading process. Here Firefly has never been in a trailer short of when we picked her up wild, she has been walked past the trailer multiple times but we hadn't asked her to come in before this video. Before I asked her to even consider stepping into a trailer I asked her to step up on a bridge and walk across it to set her up for success when it came time to step up on a closed in something that made noise.
Set them up for success with little manageable steps and proper prepwork, it really does make all the difference!
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Training with Lou
What do you see? Here I'm asking Lou to do a specific task that in essence is really quite simple but was hard for her at the time. Can you tell what I'm looking for?
I am asking her to just walk nicely around on the circle, she is busy and wanting to go faster than a walk in the beginning of the video. Every time she went to pick up the pace, I asked the HQ to disengage and sent her off again with a low energy level. She needs to know when it's time to turn up the energy vs bring it down and walk based off my energy levels in preparation for riding in the very near future. Thanks for watching!
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First time climbing aboard - July 2023
And we've got a first sit for the baby Lou! It felt right for everyone involved so with a deep breath we climbed aboard. She really has a great brain and I look forward to developing her further as we continue with her training!
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Louella
Baby Lou is growing up! She has been wearing the big girl saddle and learning about how to respond when wearing a bridle. She is going to be a great partner down the road!
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Throwing it back to the best boy. Casper was my draw for the 2021 Appalachian Trainer Face Off. We discovered he did really groundwork really well in just a neckrope so here we were playing with a few ideas. #HOPTEAMCASPER and I placed 7th overall and he has a fabulous home now.
The Appalachian Trainer Faceoff is happening again this year August 17th-19th in Winfield WV. If you would like more information everything can be found here: https://appalachiantrainerfaceoff.com/attend/
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Bobbi Sue
Ever wonder why animals sometimes pick certain people? The term one person horse, one person dog, one person etc, what makes an animal stick with a certain person? In thinking about this, I think it has to do with what energy we put off. There are people who visit the AirB&B here at One Goat Farm and none of the animals will have anything to do with them whereas there are other people who arrive and the cats will not leave them alone. The horses do the same thing. Our energy either attracts or repels alot of things around us whether that be animals other people, or mosquitoes... I think our energy also affect the people and animals around us in terms of activity levels. Ever see a horse that is chill one moment and the second a higher energy person gets on their back its like they've forgotten how to walk? Or a dog that most times is really laid back and theres people who bring out the hyper side of them? Our vibe attracts our tribe.
I've been blessed to somehow have been picked by this fussy little cat who makes me feel like an absolute heel if I ever dare to leave the farm for any period of time. She is my buddy and I love her round little self. Enjoy!
Da Fireflies
Repetition... Over and over again you're doing the same thing.. usually till you feel like a body part or three is going to fall off. Here I'll be throwing the saddle up and pretending to go after the cinch on the other side as if I was going to cinch her up. She is not ok with the whole process and until she is I have to keep repeating the process until she figures out that I am not going to eat her for dinner with a side of saddle and a cinch for dessert. So if you need me I'll be here with one arm trying to fall off while throwing this little saddle up 87,986,341 times until we're ok.
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