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~Mary Hunter

Trixie and the Parelli Figure-Eight Pattern

By Mary Hunter on July 7, 2010 in Horse Training

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 […]

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Boomer (paint horse) does not want to trailer load

What’s Different?

By Mary Hunter on June 29, 2010 in Horse Training

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 […]

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Training Your Horse to Wear a Fly Mask

By Mary Hunter on June 21, 2010 in Fun Photos, Horse Training

Does Your horse know how to wear a fly mask? We have several young horses at the rescue who need to wear fly masks this summer. These horses are all two year olds who are halter broke but have not had a lot of exposure to strange objects and materials touching and rubbing their faces. […]

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Rosie is doing great under saddle! (with video)

By Mary Hunter on May 28, 2010 in Horse Training

Rosie is a very green little quarter horse mare who we have at the rescue. (Well, actually, for the non-horsey folks she’s what’s called a red roan; green just means she hasn’t had a whole lot of riding yet.) I rode her 3 times in March and a foster family put a handful of first […]

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Sheriff the Shy (but curious!) Donkey

By Mary Hunter on May 12, 2010 in Horse Training

Sheriff the donkey was recently rescued and already has a new home! However, he is staying at the rescue for a short while until he can go to his new home. He is curious and interested in people, but can still be a bit shy and skeptical, especially when being approached. Once you get close, […]

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But he knew how to do it last time…

By Mary Hunter on May 8, 2010 in Concepts and Terms, Horse Training

I spent part of the afternoon playing with some of the rescue horses at the rescue’s other property. These horses are turned out on a friend’s 60 acres as we just don’t have the space for them at the main property. They are fantastically happy there, and even more so now that the weather’s warming […]

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