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Post by carshon on Jan 1, 2015 21:50:51 GMT
 - you are doing so great! I am mostly impressed that you got out in the cold and worked with your horse. Arena or not. I don't do too much more than brush and pat on my horses when it gets below 20. And I have to say - I just love Peaches! She is so cute and I love a horse with a nice broad head - I love her coloring and just how she is built. |
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Post by hugs on Jan 1, 2015 21:52:33 GMT
Another couple lessons today. It was in the 20s but a brisk wind but still Andrea took Peachie out for a brief trail ride without even lunging her first. This is the calm cool and collected Peach getting tacked up (click for movie) i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss121/MN_HorseRanch/IMG_20150101_115920_830_zps4e470ffe.jpgAnd here they are out on the trail. Peaches resisted so hard to being near a mounting block that she reared up and slipped over on her side. But that deter Andrea, she on-boarded from the ground and carried on:  Andrea has two dogs, Allure and Samara with their little winter coats flapping, running around under and around Peaches. She said Peaches was very alert but didn't go above a fast walk. She suggested talking her to her to try to keep her attention on being calm. Then they did a trailer loading lesson. Peaches got in within a few minutes and then the second time took at least a half hour and then they ended on the third try, so I'm guessing it was an hour or an hour and a half lesson. I have some strategies now. |
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Post by hugs on Jan 1, 2015 22:00:15 GMT
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Post by Terry on Jan 1, 2015 22:42:31 GMT
I didn't find a movie when I clicked on that link, just a picture.
I'm glad Andrea was able to work with Peach today, and it's especially good that she took her for a trail ride! |
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Post by hugs on Jan 1, 2015 23:19:10 GMT
Check this one out  |
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Post by hugs on Jan 1, 2015 23:35:23 GMT
Peaches has such a wiggly upper lip I figure horses had to have been related to elephants. Well Elephants are non-ruminant ungulates and as it happens there are distant connections. The following is from Wikipedia so its close but I wouldn't include it as a reference for a thesis: Cool, huh? Even the Pope believes in evolution so its okay for those of you who are more squeamish about this stuff. The numbers refer to references found in the footnote. Here's a link to the article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate |
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Post by horselady on Jan 2, 2015 1:53:53 GMT
She really looks like she wants to take that rope and bite it in two so it sets her free. what a feisty girl. keep at it . seems like she is extremely intelligent and knows how to bluff. lol
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Post by hugs on Jan 2, 2015 2:42:21 GMT
Andrea says she really smart too. So if this is Peaches being smart, then it wouldn't bother me any if she were a few hundred IQ points downslope, ya know what I mean?
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Post by hugs on Jan 3, 2015 19:52:49 GMT
My last post in this thread because we brought Peaches back to BMW. But I'll start another one with our adventure carrying on what we both learned since we moved down here and what "accelerated" learning we got thanks to Andrea.
Thank you for listening, it means the world to me
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Post by carshon on Jan 4, 2015 2:14:29 GMT
I look forward to your other posts. And have thoroughly enjoyed this post. I had a "talking" horse - a morgan/paint cross. When she was irritated - worried- bored or wanted me to know she was not happy about what we were doing she would flap her lips together and make the oddest noises. People would ask what she was doing and I used to tell them she was just bitching! I love a smart horse and Peachie sounds like a smart horse!
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Post by hugs on Jan 4, 2015 2:57:59 GMT
Okay, second to last post  I think some horses like to interact with their human. I know Peach wants to be a good girl. When I'm leading her here and there and when I stop if I need to I'll correct her to where I want her to be if she doesn't get in the right position, so now if I simply turn my head to look at her, she'll reposition herself  I think that's kind of cute. And I guess, pretty smart too. |
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Post by lorddaxter on Jan 4, 2015 14:10:30 GMT
Wow, she is feisty, I am too old for that now, or lazy?!
Have you considered a calming supplement, for her not you lol?!
There used to be a good one called moody mare but not having had a mare for a long time not sure if it's still around
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Post by hugs on Jan 4, 2015 15:04:37 GMT
Okay, I give, we'll keep this thread going Sure but training her to calm herself is cheaper. Those supplements are trytophan, the same amino acid in turkey. She calms down when she's allowed to move. The last few days at Boulder Pointe she was not needing to trot/canter during her lunging lessons, she was good at the walk. But did need to walk a bit before being asked to stand still. |
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Post by Terry on Jan 4, 2015 17:00:05 GMT
How did she do with the loading/unloading/trailer ride this time?
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Post by hugs on Jan 4, 2015 18:42:21 GMT
I thought it went well because first I was prepared for it to take at least an hour and I had a plan. Peaches didn't avoid as much as before and when we tied her off it wasn't because we trapped or tricked her into it. So its huge progress to the goal that she'll load herself.
It took only 25 minutes and when she loaded well enough to tie her off she stood still with her feet even though she tossed her head and pinched Lois finger, which I feel really bad about. I'm working at embroidering Lois a dish towel with new Quarterhorse patterns I bought just for her but I keep screwing up and since its past noon I'm gonna quit so I can go out to see Peaches.
One powerful lesson that Andrea gave me to learn is that horses will avoid and run in all the ways they do it because its the nature of the beast. I don't have to give it attention unless I'm or they're in danger. Let it be and keep doing what I want to do and let Peaches self soothe and get herself under control. There is no way I can correct it or control it that will make it better as effectively as what Peach can do herself. I totally get that for myself as well.
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Post by hugs on Jan 4, 2015 18:44:50 GMT
Lois off loaded her and Peaches was not as sweaty as the trip to Boulder Pointe, so that's progress. But since she was sweaty on her neck and a bit on her under carriage I put her cooler on and walked her for a while. Wasn't much time before her head was low and she was feeling better. She did walk a bit close to get comfort and I didn't correct that too much except once when we stopped and I looked at her from the corner of my eye and she shifted a bit back and away  which was telling and cute at the same time. |
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- you are doing so great! I am mostly impressed that you got out in the cold and worked with your horse. Arena or not. I don't do too much more than brush and pat on my horses when it gets below 20. And I have to say - I just love Peaches! She is so cute and I love a horse with a nice broad head - I love her coloring and just how she is built.
I think that's kind of cute. And I guess, pretty smart too.
which was telling and cute at the same time.