Okay, one more soapbox post about helmets, then I promise that we’ll get back to talking about training. I posted at the end of July about my opinion of riding helmets. I shared an article, including this quote: “If you think you don’t need a helmet then you should look your son, daughter, spouse, or […]
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Dogs, horses, and rats. Birds, goldfish, cats. Dolphins, raccoons, and elephants. What animals can’t we train? In this section you’ll find lots of great training stories and tips. You will also get to meet many of the wonderful animals that I get to train. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading about my adventures (and misadventures) and that these articles and tales can provide you with insight that will help you with your own animals.
Cricket’s Ground Driving Progress
Cricket and I spent quite a bit of time working on ground driving last week. We had a session nearly every day and he made some great progress! Cricket is three. And, while I’ve sat on him a few times, he really doesn’t know a whole lot about being ridden. With our young horses, I […]
Are you listening to your horse?
I rode Cricket, one of our little paint ponies, yesterday morning. It was a short, fun bareback ride. It’s really too hot to do any really intensive riding. When I went to get on him, he lined up perfectly for the mounting block. However, as I sat down on him, he took off walking. Oops!!! […]
Rain, rain, where are you?
We are in the middle of one of the worst droughts that Texas has seen in a long time. No rain, and VERY hot temps! The high yesterday was 105 F and the high today is 103 F. The horses are pretty miserable. They spend most of the day standing in the sheds or huddled […]
I like google+ (and riding helmets)
So, I finally broke down and joined google+ over the weekend, after one of my college friends, Ron, sent me an invite. Here’s the link to my public profile on google+. So, I’m just wondering, who else has given google+ a try? I’m finding it fun to play with so far. Let me know if […]
Chardonnay and Gingersnap Go Home
We’ve recently had two more happy adoptions at the rescue! Chardonnay is the big paint mare who I’ve written about several times on the blog. We had recently been having a lot of fun playing with her with the noodle tree on our horse obstacle course. We delivered her recently to her new home in […]