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I finally remembered to introduce the horses to balloons. I bought three bags almost two weeks ago. I opened the pink bag, took out a balloon and tried to blow it up. Sophie advised that I blow it up just …
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A fundraiser will be held at Winsong Farm on May 1st . Click here for more information.…
This evening I asked Ron if he was able to stand on Pax’s back. He quickly asked, “While moving?”
I laughed and said, “Guess that answers my question!”
I was thinking that standing on a horse walking would be a …
Yesterday I introduced several of the horses (Bucephalus, Zelador and Zeloso) to bunting (I think that’s what it’s called). It’s a very long line (almost 35 metres) with different coloured plastic triangles hanging from it. To start with I brought …
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I love this video of Kye pushing the big ball. I believe he’s the first horse on our farm that has played with two of them.
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Our next fund-raiser is May 1, 2011 for Ann and Pete’s Dog Rescue in Pottageville.
Our current challenge is to create the program. “Men Doing Dressage” has been a hit for the past two years. Here’s a video taken last …
Here’s Zelador and me showing the Spanish Walk with the halter and lead line, then at liberty and finally under saddle.
Here’s Bill working with Zeloso and his Spanish Walk.
http://youtu.be/zTV8TjXzbyo
Here’s Pax (the Canadian) with his owner Ron developing …
We took this footage last weekend. Today, Ciara worked with Zelador in-hand and developed the piaffe. Of course we did NOT have a camera!…
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Last week I set three objects (a hat with zebra stripes on it, the ridged ball and a small pillow) about six feet apart from each other. Zelador was standing on a pedestal. I asked him to fetch the hat. …
Zelador was amazing today. I did the usual fetch routine on the north wall, then moved the jump to the south wall. I prepared to start from the beginning again, but he sailed over the jump and returned over the …
As far as the boys are concerned I’ve been doing stuff with them using a big blue tarp. Zeloso delights in lifting it off the ground, carrying it and swirling it. Zelador is much more sedate. He understands that I’d …
