At Liberty
Harvey had his first out of the corral, completely at liberty lesson today! Of course there is no video. It was another of those unintended lessons that seem to fall…
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My crush on Harvey keeps getting stronger the more I work with him. Today ended up being a much longer lesson than I had meant to do. I offered to…
Read moreTarp Games
Rusty already knows how to play fetch now we are adding a different toy for him to fetch. My end goal is to have him hand it to me while…
Read moreSelf Leading
The horses take turns being turned out, one at a time, in the yard to graze. Always starting with Coyote of course! It’s good to be king of the world.…
Read moreHarvey 10th Go, Yielding To The Rein
Almost done with the videos from this particular time. When I went to put a foot in the stirrup it occurred to me that he should probably know how to…
Read moreHarvey 10th Go, Using -Reinforcement
Another clip from my last time working with Harvey. This one is of great interest to me because it shows the use of negative reinforcement coupled with positive reinforcement for…
Read moreHarvey 10th Go, First Saddle
This is the first time I’ve put a saddle on Harvey. As I’ve said, and guess I will keep saying with each video, we have no idea what has been…
Read moreHarvey 10th Go, To Long Didn’t Watch Version
The weather turned decent for a brief period, this fall has been gloomy, cold, and wet, and I took advantage of it to go play with Harvey. The last time…
Read moreTrail Ride
As in we actually went on one today! There’s a little country church not far from us. We really like it, not sure why we don’t go there more often.…
Read moreA Coyote Problem
Some not so good news today. Coyote is getting up there a little, still he’s a Morgan so I say he’s only twenty one. I’m pulling for at least another…
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