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AB Training and Horsemanship is a place to showcase the horses I am currently training and horses that I have available for sale.

05/05/2021

I haven’t updated in awhile due to moving to our new farm in VA!

Here is a new personal project/training horse of mine. Princess Peach is a 6 year old AQHA mare. She was a trail horse for a couple years, and was most recently an English pony. However she has some nasty problems that like to pop up when she doesn’t get her way. Her biggest issue under saddle right now is rearing and bucking when asked to lope. Needless to say, it’s not an easy going rear either 😅 Her ground work has been much improved over the last week that she’s been with me. The rearing, kicking, and biting at the lead when tied is almost gone!

I can’t wait to see the improvement this mare makes!

16/03/2021

Update on mustang Thorin! This boy was progressing leaps and bounds until it came time to actually put the saddle on his back. He is terrified of looking at it while it’s sitting on him. He also had a bad habit of when he’s scared, he ducks out and runs, no regard to pressure on his halter. Hes learned he’s big enough to pull the rope out of your hand. So an exercise I did with him yesterday, was pony him.

Ponying him helped him understand, that every time he’s wants to check out, he can’t. Bets here is much stronger than me holding onto him. He also settled down a whole lot about seeing something come across his back and change eyes. And I spent a lot of time leaning over his back and petting his whole body from the back of another horse.

14/03/2021

One of my favorite little mustangs is back! I started Fable under saddle two years ago. He was one of my all time favorites to start. He’s back for a 30 day refresher, after having some time off.

04/03/2021

It was a beautiful day here at the farm for training! This week I have had several client horses come in for training, with more on the way. These are a few that are currently here! I love my job ❤️

19/01/2021

This will probably be one of my last updates on mustang, Spice. She is finally ready to go home, and will be meeting her family for the first time this weekend!

Today was her first time ever seeing the bridge. She’s really coming out of her shell and starting to figure out the obstacles can be quite fun! She’s such a sweet heart. After being here with me for 60 days, (only worked for about 5-6 weeks due to me being sick a lot), she is haltering, leading, able to be caught in a bigger paddock, picking up front feet, grooming, and trailering.

The only thing that we haven’t gotten down is picking up back feet with my hands. She’s still uncomfortable with me walking past her shoulder. So I decided if she would let me pick up her back feet with a rope with ease, I wouldn’t push her farther for the sake of a time frame. Her owner will continue working on the back feet when she goes home.

Overall I am so proud of this now, 10 year old mare. She’s exceeded my expectations for what to expect for an older mustang mare.

22/12/2020

I haven’t been very consistent with keeping updates on my training guys 🤦🏼‍♀️ Spice the mustang is coming along nicely. She was haltered on day 28, and is haltering, leading, and desensitized to the flag as of day 32.

Something she’s still worried about is me being in her personal space to pet her with my hand. She allows it but isn’t comfortable. She’s totally okay with being touched with ropes, flags, and whips all over her body. Being petted and groomed is something that I will continue to work on with this girl.

I love that she isn’t an overly reactive horse. She’s never offered to bite, kick, or charge, like most of the mustang mares tend to do.

10/12/2020

A small update on the 9 year old mustang mare. “Spice” as she has been named by her owner. Spice had been in holding most of her life. She was adopted on the BLMs internet adoption site. After being adopted, her owner decided to send her to me for some gentling.

Spice has been with me for three weeks now and I’m just now seeing some breakthroughs with her. She was a very curious mare from the start, following me in the pen, and touching my hand with her nose. However as most mustang mares tend to be, touching was an absolute no no. After three weeks she finally started allowing me to pet her with the stick. This is a video from yesterday’s big breakthrough. Shortly after this, she started allowing touch with my hand all over her neck.

Today I walked in and within 5 minutes I was petting her all over the neck and almost all of her face. It’s amazing to me once these mustangs start having those “ah ha” moments. I can’t wait to see how quickly she starts coming around now!

10/11/2020

Spider the mustang ❤️ this guy is such a ham. Follow for more updates on this cool boy!

26/10/2020

A new super cute mare that’s in for training. Princesses owner had a different request for what type of training he wanted me to do with her. He requested some trick training.

Trick training is not something that I’ve focused very much on. I’m excited to get to do something a little different with this mare. Short clip from today, working on side passing toward me. Eventually it’ll be used for mounting, or just something fun and simple to show off.

If anyone would like a how to video, I would be more than happy to make one if I can get enough interest!

14/10/2020

Leo’s glow up transformation pictures! Leo the little mustang finally found his forever home today after 6 months ❤️

I picked Leo out to be a TIP horse earlier this year. After he came home it was apparent he had some serious issues going on. He couldn’t eat properly and kept losing weight. After a couple months of gentling work he was able to be seen by an equine dentist. At that point in time he was not gentle enough to be fully sedated. A couple more months of work went by and he was finally able to have all those nasty dental issues addressed and fixed.

The last couple of months have been back and forth playing with different feeds, supplements, and different hays, to find the perfect mix for this guy to thrive on.

Today after all the hard work put in to this little guy, he has found his happy ever after with his new family.

He also blew my mind away today. He had never been on a trailer since being run on 6 months ago. He walked right up and jumped in like a seasoned show horse. To your happy ever after Leo ❤️

31/08/2020

I have one training spot available for this month! I’ve been booked up month to month and just happened to have a space open up. Ground work, refreshers, and total starts are welcome. Prices vary on what needs done!

19/08/2020

Give away time! I will be giving away this custom tumbler to one person in a random drawing. To enter you must 👇🏻

1. Like and share this picture
2. Like the page
3. Tag one person
4. Leave a comment on what you would like to see on this page! Training tips and things

Good luck! Winner will be drawn on Sunday at 8 pm

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