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Today was the third ride for both Mocha and Caramel. 

Caramel has a lot of head tossing and doesn't want to move her feet, along with ducking out...It's taking a lot of patience. 

Mocha is getting really good at vertical flexion. 

Excited to see where they'll be in a free days! 

Wooo more info!

Woooo updates!  

The sale went through on the girls on October 11 (YAAAAY). 

We saddled Mocha on October 13, and Caramel a day later. 

The farrier came on October 17 and both did AMAZING. So very proud of them. 

We did the first ride (walk, trot and lope transitions under saddle) on October 19. Both did so incredible!

The second ride was today (the 21) and huge improvements on just the second day. 

I am extremely excited about these two!

Namely Caramel is getting better at leading and I am so very happy with how far she's come. She's no longer shy with her face and is so much more confident. 

 

    (First photo evidence of me on Caramel!)

    (First ride sneak peak!)

Wooo more info!

Woooo updates!  

The sale went through on the girls on October 11 (YAAAAY). 

We saddled Mocha on October 13, and Caramel a day later. 

The farrier came on October 17 and both did AMAZING. So very proud of them. 

We did the first ride (walk, trot and lope transitions under saddle) on October 19. Both did so incredible!

The second ride was today (the 21) and huge improvements on just the second day. 

I am extremely excited about these two!

Namely Caramel is getting better at leading and I am so very happy with how far she's come. She's no longer shy with her face and is so much more confident. 

 

    (First photo evidence of me on Caramel!)

    (First ride sneak peak!)

Day itssupposedtobeeleven?

I'll post what happened tomorrow. 

- Mb

Sick and the Weather

I have been out sick for the past week and we got a on of rain, making everything a muddy swamp.

I have some exciting news to share very soon! I'll have that within the next few days and so sorry for the lack of updates!

Mb

Day Ten: New Advancements

Session Ten: 

Mocha haltered and led really well. I got her porcupine and driving game better, and worked on circling. I mounted twice, both times she stood still and was relaxed. 

Worked on flipping the lead rope over her head and ears, she was a little prance-y but she relaxed as I got the rhythm going. She behaved so well. I worked on getting her to lift her feet and that went well. 

I moved into the bigger round pen, and her spirits went up as she got a little nervous, but she stuck by me and didn't leave. After I introduced sideways to her, I took her out to expand her curiousity and confidence. 

She balked at the saddle and the stand, but after five minutes she was biting at it and we moved on. She sniffed the chair and got really nervous at the barrels. She ran right into the milk crate when she wasn't looking where she was going...got a chuckle out of my trainer and me. 

She ended up touching the barrels and realized "oh, it won't eat me". 

We went back to the stalls and she worked, worked, worked in the circling game to say "you getting back to your stall doesn't mean you get rest". 

Session Four with Caramel:

Haltered right away. Took a while to approach, did a lot of retreating. She's still very shy with her right side. Worked with mainly friendly game.

 Ride on, 

Mb 

Day Nine: Off Day

Thursday:

Due to it being the busiest day of my week, all I did was halter both horses and play friendly game. I sent Mocha in and out of the gate a few times and she did amazing.

More to come tomorrow. 

Mb