Sue – How Do You Do after being with Nichole?

April 5, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
I took Sue home 4/1/08.  She's been with Nichole all this time.  Our bond has slipped since Sue and I haven't been together for quite a time.  My job is to get her trust again.  I took her to a clinic today.  It's called a Liberty Clinic.  It's all about building a relationship and language so strong that your horse will sidepass, back, turn on the forequarters and hindquarters and circle around you and walk beside you...all while "loose".  They have no halter no lead rope.. I learned that this…

Nova – My First Ride

March 23, 2008Posted inNOVA
Nova has been in training with Jenny for a while. I rode Nova for the 1st time today in Jenny's 11:00 lesson. I managed to keep my butterflies in formation upon first getting on. I might have been somewhat relaxed when we stopped riding. I haven't rode a young horse since JR was young about 6 years ago! Wow! Is she ever nice. Nova is Sage's daughter. Sage is a lesson horse at Pine Dell and lives in the pasture horse. Sage was in the arena when I took my…

Sue – How Do You Do The “Catch Me” Game with your Daughter!?

March 7, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
You know Sue was the horse that can't be caught now the horse that mostly can be caught. Except for today...and a few days in the past. Sue is still in training with 12 yr old Nichole Copple.  Sue lives in a huge pasture with other horses that are in training with Tony and Jenny Vaught.  Occasionally Sue has new horse friends that don't know how wonderful people are and they "don't like to be caught".  But gradually, these horses learn that people are wonderful and come to or stand to be haltered.…

Sue- How Do You Do- No-Where Horse Back at the Park!

March 7, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
Sue and I went on a trail ride at James A. Reed Park. It took us 14 months to get here. This park is the precipitating event of why she became my horse. When she spooked at this park and her rider (who was trying her out as a trail horse) fell off, Sue set herself up to come to me. Neither of us knew it at the time. She had no where to go after that. The no-where horse became my horse. After 14 months of slow fear recovery,…

Sue- How Do You do in the Ozarks?

January 13, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
                        Caitlyn on Velvet - Nichole on Sue I let Sue roam in the pasture with grass just too long.  She is starting to get the first sign of a cresty neck.  Then, she started limping...abscess.  This is the first sign that insulin resistance has started and laminitis is around the corner. I tried shutting her in her stall with limited turn out.  This is a horse for whom weight loss is DIFFICULT! I had a brilliant idea!  Jenny's…

Sue- How Do You Do Amazing with Nichole Copple!

January 13, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
Sue - How Amazing You are with Nichole Copple!  We had a group lesson 1/11/08 and I got to watch 12 year old Nichole ride Sue.  In the recent blog, I mentioned how Sue had gone to the Ozarks to be rode by Nichole.  Sue was getting very heavy and I knew that being with Nichole would give Sue much more confidence and muscle to replace fat. I knew Sue's confidence would improve, but until you see it in person, you just don't know. I did note (upon Sue’s return) that…