Hooey & a chicken
Working on loose rein with my boy. Working out some tension in this guy and testing his abilities on a loose rein, and non-reliance on the reins for commands! Heās doing wonderful at listening to my seat/legs and voice commands.āØ
Our first time as a team mounting up.š„°š“Leviā¤ļø
Kaplan long linesš„°
Kaplan learning how to soften in his bridle! Not expecting him to frame up all fancy for me yet. As long as heās understanding he needs to soften, Iām not worried about driving him into his softness yet. Baby horses need you to do one step at a time without asking too much at once! They have to know exactly what they did was either right or wrong. Eventually itāll all come togetherā¦ impulsion and softness. Theyāre essentially the same thing when it comes to horses movement.š„°
Bareback on Kaplan
Making sure I can mount in every type of way, just another safety buffer installed on this dude.šš„°
Kaplanš
Kaplanās first time fully mounted up! Non-eventful thankfully!
He made a few steps but nothing for cause of concern. This is why itās so important to have that neck give.š
Hooey getting the hang of loping in the wide open.š«¶š¼We are in our new saddle as well. Getting in these good rides before I dare say WINTER!š¤¢š
š„¶š¤£He will continue to get worked throughout winter but we tend to learn more tricks and do āeasy on jointsā kinda work in the winter.š
Hooey the trick pony!š¤
Wow I just love this boy!šš«¶š¼
For those who may not knowā¦ this is my horse Hooey. He just turned 5 years old. Heās a quarter horse. He loves to work hard and pays attention very well, when I ask him to focus. He knows voice commands VERY well. I ask him to woah, back, walk, trot, and canter all with my voice.(he knows that the physical commands with pressure and release for each one as well) he can side pass, turn on the haunches, leg yield, and goes over and through just about anythingā¦ I taught him to spur back also! My plans with him are to try ranch patterns, maybe do western dressage, maybe some penning/roping with cows and/or trail obstacles.
He does spook at a lot, he hates when things get stuck on his legs, he can be impatient, and heās not very trusting of others besides myself! Point being, try to understand your horse and work on confidence buildingā¦ I maintain my horse with chiro, massage, quality supplements, quality feed/forage, and strength building exercises as wellā¦. If you want optimal health physically and healthy mental responses to training then you may need to provide them with maintenance! Know their limits and level up as their mental and physical limits allow. They can be your tool while also being your best friend if you can understand this!