Gracie is an older grey mare who lives at the rescue. No one knows her exact age, but she’s probably around 18. Gracie was rescued in 2007 from a feed lot in Nevada where she was on her way to the slaughter house. When Gracie was rescued, she was absolutely terrified of people. She was […]
Lessons from Pat Parelli and Catwalk
The latest gossip on the internet is all about Pat Parelli’s recent demonstration with a stallion named Catwalk. If you haven’t heard, I’ll catch you up briefly. Catwalk is a show jumping horse who is extremely difficult to bridle. Over the course of the weekend Pat Parelli worked with Catwalk until he could be bridled. […]
Rosie Learns Mounting from the Fence
Rosie and I have been doing a lot of bareback riding recently. One handy trick when riding bareback is to be able to climb up on a fence or bench and then have your horse line herself up perfectly so you can slide right on. This can be hard to teach some horses because if […]
Halter Training with a Head Shy Horse
Apollo is a three year old paint colt who I have been working with at the rescue for the past several months. He had no previous handling and was pretty skeptical of people to begin with. He warmed up to us pretty quickly and enjoyed being brushed and scratched, especially on his belly!! However, was […]
Trixie and the Parelli Figure-Eight Pattern
Trixie is a great little rescued pony mare who I have been playing with for almost two weeks. She is part Saddlebred and part pony, although she definitely has that pony attitude! (She is currently available for adoption from Never-E-Nuff Acres.) Trixie is friendly, smart and quite food motivated, but can also be pushy and […]
What’s Different?
Boomer is having to relearn how to load into a trailer this week. All of a sudden, our trailer got really weird and scary. You know why? There are wood shavings in it now! To Boomer, who still has not had a whole lot of training, they look and smell pretty weird. They also make […]
