Sir Winston Goes to School

Training

Since the one-hour catching session, I have been working with Winston every day or every few days.  I have not ridden since then, but we have been practicing the first, and absolutely necessary phase of riding, the catching-the-horse phase.  Genius I am not, but I...

Pria and Red – Where was I?

Horse Stuff, Training

Oh yeah, we were in Asheville.  Red was the amazing rubber horse.  Especially compared to the other horses in attendance who were much older, and had accumulated a lifetime of stiffness and resistance.  Fortunately, he had none of these habits to overcome.  He was a...

Pria and Red – Horse Memories

Horse Stuff, Training

While I am so thankful to still have Yosemite Sam with me, I do not ever want to forget all the great horses I have been blessed to know in my life.  Of course not all of them were mine, and I probably don’t have any pics to share of a lot of them, but I can...

Gussie Glamour

Training

I have intended to get pics of Gussie for many months now, and KEEP forgetting.  So, today I remembered.  We were already in the truck and leaving, but I remembered none the less.  So, we went back and Jay got some good shots of her. Left:  This is a typical shot of...

Gus Will Be Traded

Training

I have suggested sending Gus to a professional for one month.  She is such a smart girl and I believe that a month would be plenty of time for her to learn some ground manners and a basic work ethic.  Hopefully she would also begin to realize that squashing...