Here’s an update on the two babies training progress. 🫠 Ceilia (3 y/o) - She has been being a very, very good girl. Everything she knows rn issss; yielding her hindquarters, pivoting her forehand, sidepassing away from me, sidepassing to me, literal flexion, backing from me wiggling the rope, backing from me saying “back” and walking to her chest, walk on the lunge line, trot on the lunge line, rollbacks on the lunge line, and a work in progress of loping on the lunge line. She has been struggling to keep her lope, so does anyone have any tips? We don’t have a round pen so it’s always way harder for me to start the loping but with some help I think we can do it! :) She also knows how to smile and loves the tarp. She will also go through a plastic pool with and without water in it. Rebel (yearling) - Rebel has also been being a very good girl! She knows; yielding her hindquarters, lateral flexion, pivoting her forehand, sidepassing away from me, sidepassing to me, backing from me wiggling the rope, backing from me saying “back” and walking towards her chest, lowering her head with a little bit of pressure down on the lead rope, walk on the lunge line, trot on the lunge line, rollbacks on the lunge line, work in progress lope on the lunge line (she is doing much better and is a lot easier with it than Ceilia which is expected bc Ceilia gets a little freaked out when she’s told to GO while Rebel doesn’t care), walk while lunging with no lunge line (basically round penning but in an arena and they have to make the circle around you), trot while lunging with no lunge line, and a work in progress of loping with no lunge line. She is also learning to lay down with no ropes and no force. And she knows smile, as well as walking through the tarp, she absolutely loves the tarp as well. Anddddd, she will walk through a plastic pool with and without water in it. :)

Posted by 1 buckskin & 3 roans at 2023-08-01 18:08:49 UTC