Well it's been buisy around here lately, and so much fun.........most of the time.

Rascal -- So I've been learning about handling a green horses feet, and it's not as stressful(for me, ha!) as I thought it was. Rascal is doing great. Today we even tryed out figure 8 with barrels, and sending over a pole. He's a little skeptical as he is with almost everything, but put a lot of effort in.

Pepper -- I filmed my level 1 with Pep last week, and we are heading well into level 2 online! Can't seem to get my video loaded to youtube though. We tryed a little bit of liberty. It was interesting, and I'll be looking forward to trying more.

Tucker -- The first few days he was here was kinda stressful for him. He took to our mare a little too well, and wouldn't let us touch either of them. From what I saw, he was looking for leadership, and no-one was willing to give it to him, so he took over. He's much much calmer now, and has a pasture to himself. I try to play with him everyday, and I think he'll turn out to be a great horse....with a little leadership.

Saturday we went to Atwood Ranch to watch a level 3 clinic. It was so insightful. Very interesting to see that everything they did in the L3 finesse was what I had taken so many lessons on years ago. I can't wait to dive into it with Tucker, plus have all the other savvy's to go along with it. It looked like such fun!
Then afterwards we got a tour of the beautiful ranch, with the rollings hills and wildflowers blooming everywhere. All the horses were so friendly and I had a blast meeting them all and learning how the ranch operates. I think we'll be going back this summer for more clinics.

Tucker

So, I've decided that with my professional goals that I've set, I really needed to get through the levels, officially audition, and really boost my learning. This is my education after all ;)

I began looking for a horse that can help ME get to a confident point in my seat, my riding, and my learning. With higher confidence and understanding, I can help teach my other horses as well.

"Humans teach horses; Horses teach humans"

So this gelding came up, and we went to meet him. I fell in LOVE with this horse! What a charactor. He has been through Level 3, and I think will really help me so much. We played on the ground, and went for a little test drive. It felt great, and I can't wait to spend more time with him. Such a funny guy, I know we're going to have a blast together.

I've been away from blogging for awhile, and had some time to re-organize my thoughts, and gain some new ideas.

My relationship with Pep is coming along nicely, and it looks like he will take me through my level one audition! We will film and send it out next week if all goes well! He has really been very very left brain, and walks the line of introvert and extrovert. Which I love, it has been fun to try out the online patterns, and we're cruising right in to level 2. He loves to paw at the tarp, and try new things.

Rascal is a new challenge. I believe he is left brain extrovert, but it's hidden waaay down under a right brain horse. When he's thinking, he loves to touch and grab everything with his lips. He feels EVERYTHING! I love that about him. We spend lots of undemanding time, and lots of rubbing. He yawns almost every session! Our eventual goal will be to pick up his feet nicely, and to really build his self confidence. Which should make him a fun horse to have around the barn, as he makes me laugh every day!