Sue – How Do You Do in a Horse Development Clinic?

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We had the Whole Enchillada Memorial Day Weekend in Bentonville. We had the Friday evening free demonstration where the entire Vaught family (except 3 year old Justin) rode their horses and knocked the socks off the crowd. Five year old Caitlyn rode Velvet. At the end, Caitly asked Velvet to lie down and she wowed the crowd. Saturday, we had the Difficult and Challenging Horse Demonstration. That was very cool. Tony had to take a long time with Scout to get him relaxed and unafraid so that he could ride…

Sue – How Do You Do with Friends?

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I set aside my fears tonight and it felt good. We got to ride outside in the big arena with dear good friends. That felt really good. We warmed up really good. We are trying to do the hill climbing that Linda Parelli recommends so that Sue will be better balanced. Sue gets to trot up and down a small hill.  She also got to jump over some logs. What a fine time she had. Our friends were in the arena. Our good friend Jane opened the gate for us.…

Sue – How Do You Deal with Susan’s Fear?

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It's become apparent. It's out there for the world to notice. Jenny noticed today and that's a sad thing. Yes, no longer can we talk about Sue's fear. Her fear has abated to flinching and perhaps a few quick steps...or a head up. Yes, we have to talk about Susan's fear. It's now greater than Sue's fear. My latest fear came from being bucked off last year and breaking my collar bone. Boy Howdy did that hurt! My brain flashes back to a horse bunching up and then bucking. My…

Sue – How Do you Do in a Level 2 / Level 3 CLINIC?

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The morning was spent online doing the change direction at a trot without breaking gait. Sue did fairly well at this considering she had not done it before and is nervous at turning and facing me and then going the other direction! Anyway, we had a lot of fun at this and made some improvements in maintaining gait. Sue felt claustrophobic when everyone started riding. I was instructed to do the hindquarter/forequarters turning task and then move on. Everyone else was doing it at a stand still. But Sue felt…

Sue – How Do You Do on a Nice Walk – Meet Sue’s Daughter!

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Sue - How Do You Go On A WALK I got home too late to ride Sue...darn it..outside at my home. So, Sue and I took a walk. What nice manners she has. Not once did she dive for the wondrous green grass. We walked out the gate and headed for an old stump. I sat on the stump and let her grazz. She was very comfortable and able to eat between checking things out. We walked on some more...around a lake and went back home.…

Sue How Do You You Ride in a Lesson

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I had fun tonight on Sue. I was able to relax. I had someone telling me what to do. I didn't have to rely on myself to figure out what to do. I had a task. I had people to chat with as I zipped around. All those are good things. In the warm up tonight I think we have the rope throwing done..except she still flinched when I threw it over her while clamoring in the trailer. I used lots of treats tonight when she accepted the rope touching…