Burrs
It’s not that I don’t try to keep the burs cleaned out from my horses manes. It just that when I do so they beg me to ride them instead!…
Read moreAccidental Mounting
All this work with Harvey ends in one accidental mounting! Not that he isn’t ready for it. I just hadn’t meant to quite yet. We were practicing from the fence,…
Read moreCalming Cues
I’ve been taking advantage of the beautiful weather to get out and play with Harvey. He’s getting calmer and happier every time we work. As with Rusty I’m playing around…
Read moreCherished Ponies
Today started out quite terrible. We, my daughter and I were going to sneak out for a little ride. Rusty met me at the gate as usual. Coyote stood and…
Read moreGiving Permission?
I wasn’t going to film this part of playing with Harvey today. Then he started offering a behavior that I thought was interesting enough that I wanted to share. Every…
Read moreNear Face Plant
I went to get Rusty out of the pen for a ride. He and Harvey came galloping to the gate. Racing for first place in hopes of going out to…
Read moreLong And Low
And our third time working on head lowering. This slow, easy, boring session is brought to you by: apples! A very high value treat for him. It was a long…
Read moreAnother Try At Head Lowering
I get videos I want to share here, things I want to talk about, but before I can get the video to a computer and have time to cut them…
Read moreA Fall Ride
I got to go for a ride yesterday. It was wonderful. The youngest went off in the combine with his father. My daughter and I got to go play horses.…
Read moreHead Lowering
Rusty is naturally fierce and intent. His concentration is great and when working on a task he is totally focused on that task. That said he is also silly and…
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