Jay J’s First Ride ⭐️
Super meh clip but Jay J had her first ride today! ❤️
This sensitive girl has been making me work for it but I’m so proud of her!! Stay tuned for more to come on this gorgeous youngster! 🤩🤩
Jay J - first pulling introduction
Gorgeous girl alert!😍‼️
This was Jay J’s very first introduction to pulling anything a few days ago and she ended on this note in just one session… independent movement while pulling! Such a smart girl that I am lucky to work with! ❤️
Video curtesy of her mama! 📸
Baby Art’s 1st Canter
Baby Art headed for home yesterday! So proud of all his progress and couldn’t be happier with how his 1st month under saddle went!
Absolutely love getting to train for friends and can’t wait to hear how he does at home with the Green family! ❤️
Video of his first canter under saddle 📸
Please enjoy some more baby Art photos and videos in the comment section!
Baby Art’s 2nd Ride Out
Short clip but so proud of this guy!! 🤩
With only a couple weeks under saddle, Art tackled the insane wind yesterday on his 2nd ride out of the round pen/arena!
I almost chose not to take him out because it’s so crucial to keep things positive when they are so very green and asking him to handle going out to exciting new places while the wind howls is a tough ask…
But I remembered all the weather we have worked through during his ground work month and the previous two weeks of contained riding, all the blowing snow, wind and rain!! ☔️
So we went for it, and baby Art absolutely crushed it heading out for a full mile in 40-45km/h winds… so incredibly impressed with this guy and the mindset he is building… big round of applause for baby Art! 👏👏❤️
I definitely love the saying “no fair weather ponies allowed” which I have said, jokingly on many occasions when saddling up to ride in adverse weather conditions… but truly, if we treat all weather conditions as learning experiences and give our horses the opportunity to learn and grow in confidence…. they will! ❤️
Baby Art’s first ride! 🤩
Baby Art’s first ride! 🤩
This adorable 2yo just finished his first ride prep month and completed his first ride yesterday without a hitch! So proud of this sweet guy and all his progress… more to come so stay tuned! ❤️
Gonna have to give this guy the worlds slowest walker award tho 🤣🏆
lil herd ride ❤️
Another amazing and applicable trail skill; free ponying!
Not only is it a great credential for the loose horses, but it is a very useful skill for the under saddle horses as well! The riding horses have to learn to deal with a bit of controlled chaos and that does wonders to increase their threshold for handling things out on the trail. Plus it’s just so cute to see everyone goofing around! ❤️
Shout out to herd leader Tipsy & big, silly Floké for always keeping their heads on and handling all the challenges we throw at them so well! 🤩
Naomi Brunner ❤️❤️
Gotta love a cute lil pay it forward! 🩷🩷
Bobbi now has 3 months under saddle and has become such a solid mount that I’m now relying on him to show Flyer the ropes of outdoor winter riding! Ponying is an awesome addition to any trail horses resume and always enjoyable to see them become confident with it. Very impressed with Bobbi and all his accomplishments thus far! 🦄
VC: Charlotte 🩷📸
Had the most amazing last day of 2023! 🥳💕
I have owned Nova for exactly one year today and I am blown away with how far she has come (especially with my limited time to work with her)! For those of you who don’t know much about her, she is a 12yo ex bronc who has been dumped from home to home ever since… making her way from AB, to BC, to the YUKON and then back again to AB… she was terrified of everyone when I got her, uncomfortable being touched and had fully given up on expecting any good to come from humans after her years of mishandling and neglect…
Today was the very first time I got on her, we started “working” on this last evening and it took her less than 24 hours to progress to her allowing me to get on without anything to stop her from leaving if she wanted to. I am so happy for Nova and so proud of her, she is a completely different animal these days… she tries so hard, doesn’t expect harm from humans anymore and is opening up so much to me and the few other people she gets to spend time with! She has been such a challenge to reabilitate and it is so worth it when we have moments like this! ❤️❤️
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 🥳🥳
Wishing you all the very best in 2024!
