Coming Down From The High
It seems like every really bad ride is followed by a drastic leap in his understanding. Unfortunately sometimes it also goes the other way. We have been doing so well…
Read moreLast One!
The last video from this ride, finally 🙂 I said I was going to stop being so all over the place working on stops and roll backs. We were going…
Read moreTrying To Learn To Trot
The video starts out with a stunning demonstration of turning on the fore quarters. I thought I had video of us turning the other way but when I watched it…
Read moreHard Patterns
Here we are doing the same pattern Ava was rocking in the last video. We walked it a couple of times then proceeded to trot. It was much harder…
Read moreAccomplishments
Look closely, the video doesn’t seem like much but it actually captures a pivitol moment in Rusty’s training. His first canter! Only a year, and a half?, later, but who’s…
Read moreBehavior Chains
I need to get this written down while the epiphany is fresh. It’s amazing how sometimes you hear the same thing, again or in a different way and it becomes…
Read moreRiding Rusty
Which ever Rusty happens to show up for the day. He is such a conundrum. Flighty and reactive. Scared of nothing, a big puppy dog. Heavy on my aids, so…
Read moreThat Other Rusty
I’ve been riding, just not writing. Rusty has been, changeable. To say the least. After one beautiful ride, way back whenever that was, he went insane. The next time we…
Read moreA Day Of Firsts
We’ve been doing this for awhile now, it doesn’t seem like there should be too many things left to do for the first time. We keep finding them though! After…
Read moreAnd Back To Rusty
We’ve been doing some other stuff but, good old Rusty, nothing has changed there. Except his coat color. It’s the normal fall darkening but, WOW. He is very nearly liver…
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