Cowboy School
Heildorf has been away at cowboy school. He’s been learning how to work cattle, how to calmly and quietly cover many miles while listening to his rider for cues while…
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Heildorf is off to cowboy camp. I am a positive reinforcement trainer. It might seem odd to some people that I sent my horse off for some cowboy to ride.…
Read moreContrafreeloading
Contrafreeloading: Contrafreeloading is when an animal would prefer to “work” or “play” for its reward versus simply being given food. I had Heildof and Rusty out hoping to get…
Read moreBurrs
I turned the horses out in the tree row to get some grazing on the nice green grass. I ran a bit of electric fence, just enough to give them…
Read moreSnake!
Heildorf walked up to me the other day. Even though it is still winter with snow on the ground I nearly jumped out of my boots. Was it logical? No.…
Read moreDisobedience
This doesn’t look like much, but it is a pretty big deal. I’ve been trying to convince Heildorf to try body targeting for a very long time. He stands there…
Read moreSpanish Walk
We do Spanish walk around here. It isn’t exactly on purpose. Maybe the first time. After that we just fell into it. Harvey has always wanted to do these huge…
Read morePedestals
We’ve been working at being able to work together. Without anyone trying to kill the rest of them **coughRustycough** Not that anyone would ever try that 😉 I was pretty…
Read moreTapping
Heildorf has been terrified of people up high anywhere near him since he got here. Usually I start all the horses by teaching them to step over to the fence…
Read morePedestals
I have been on a pedestal kick lately. I look for new options everywhere and have been obsessed with working on the ones that I have. The other day we…
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