Indian Ponies – Weanling – Seekseekque – Month 1 Day 16
Today we worked with Seeky and the flag. He did great and really started focusing on us! He is such a ham!!!
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Indian Ponies – Mare – Shima – Month 1 Day 15
Today we continued with Shima and flagging but added in working her around in an arena with another horse to teach her how to move fluidly and get some extra energy out of her. She is really starting to come around! We can even hug her now!
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Indian Ponies – Weanling – Seekseekqua – Month 1 Day 15
Today we put Seeky’s halter on and worked him with it a bit. We then left a drag rope on him and showed how to pet him in his stall.
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Taylor & her Foal – Daily Lesson #1
This is the first day Taylor and I work together with her foal. He is a nice quiet guy that I think will come around quickly! We used the bamboo pole to start with and even though it was her first day working him she was able to get all the way up to his
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Indian Ponies – Weanling – Seekseekqua – Month 1 Day 14
Well, we upped the anti and really made progress with Seeky today!! We put his halter on again but this time with a rope and progressed to getting him to give to it. The end result was to have him maul my face!! He is so cute!
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Indian Ponies – Mare – Shima – Month 1 Day 14
Today we continued with our flagging and added teaching Shima how to “pony”. It makes it a lot easier to teach them in a controlled area then out in the hills the first time! She did really well and we look forward to next week!
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Indian Ponies – Mare – Shima – Month 1 Day 13
This was the 2nd day flagging Shima and she is definitely getting much better! We worked on rubbing her muzzle today too and are trying to go into her pen several times between sessions to get her better about us approaching her.
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Indian Ponies – Weanling – Seekseekqua – Month 1 Day 13
We are now just using our rope to get a hold of Seeky instead of needing the bamboo pole. He is doing good and we even put his halter on him today! He wasn’t sure he liked the feel of it but decided it was ok!
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Indian Ponies – Mare – Shima – Month 1 Day 12
We changed stuff up a bit today and took Shima into the indoor arena and flagged her off horse back. This is a fantastic way to build confidence in a horse that is scared. They have the security of another horse and the person is safer than being on the ground. Also she started wanting
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Indian Ponies – Weanling – Seekseekqua – Month 1 Day 12
Today we introduced the halter to Seeky. Then we taught him to check it out to get scratches!! It was very fun to watch and his actions were very funny! He is sure coming along good! He will be someones best friend!!
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