Introducing The Pool Noodle
Harvey and I have been working on Spanish walk for a couple of days now. He’s been doing a spectacular job of picking it up using only capturing and his…
Read moreOld School Horse Training
I was talking to a good friend of ours the other day. He’s cowboyed his whole life and loves horses like I do. It’s always nice to get to spend…
Read moreA Clicker Clinic
I got to go play with some fellow clicker trainers today. We are lucky out here in the middle of nowhere, Nebraska to have such a large clicker community. Large…
Read moreFinally A Real-ish Ride
The weather was/is still cold and windy. Everything we’ve been doing has been aimed at keeping calm. Settling own. Controlling our wilder impulses. It’s a difficult lesson. Harvey chose once…
Read moreHalter Breaking Amarillo
I’m trying to break up the endless videos of me sitting on Harvey not doing anything interesting. Here, instead, is a story about Amarillo. I had been letting him out…
Read moreAbove Threshold
It turned cold. The wind has been blowing. The temps getting up into the thirties. Maybe forties. It had rained the night before leaving the ground muddy and slick and…
Read more4wheelering
I went out to bring Rusty and Harvey in from grazing in the yard yesterday and grabbed my phone to try to get video of Harvey practically eating Daisy on…
Read moreHarvey, Riding, Almost, Again
I would call this Harvey’s first real ride. Almost. We are still taking it easy. Letting him hang out, enjoy having a person on his back. There is no rush.…
Read moreChoice?
Speaking of Harvey preferring his right side for things… Here is the speedy version of saddling him. Please watch with the sound off! I forgot to remove that and with…
Read moreBiting
Harvey is willing to take the bit but isn’t enthusiastic about it. Could this mean he doesn’t like this bit or that it hurts him in some way? Possibly. Since…
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