Today it’s August 30, 2015. On July 31 I started showing six horses the letter ‘A’, Zelador, Zeloso, Spring Song, Kye, Blue and Pax. On July 31 I set a challenge for myself: to present the letter ‘A’ to the …
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Something really interesting happened with Spring Song today.
She had a lesson with Alex Reinfels (he rode her) yesterday so today I wanted to change things up by only playing with her in the arena. I turned her loose and …
For the last week I’ve been presenting the word ‘EAR’ occasionally to all six horses and almost daily to Zelador, Zeloso and Spring Song. I place the letters left to right just as they would appear in print. I think …
This heat wave just doesn’t seem to be going away. Sunday during our Working Equitation Clinic the really smart people rode before 11:00. I snuck in a half-our session from 8:30 to 9:00. My scheduled spot was 2:00 to 3:00.…
I love those giant steps forward!!!! Today I took my box with the letter ‘A’ on it and added two cylinders, one red and one blue. One had the letter ‘E’ on paper taped to the cylinder and the other …
I Googled “Talented Horses” and on the page there was one strip of photos of “Talented Horses”. You will NOT believe who was in the first photo!!!! It was the classic picture taken in our arena with Sue and Zelador …
Today’s letter ‘A’ was lovely. Once again I presented to one horse after another (this allows plenty of time to eat the treat between touching the ‘A’). I did the wooden letter and the boxes. This time I used the …
Today McGuire Fencing came to put in a fence dividing off a portion of our middle paddock. The new section will have permanent Working Equitation articles in it. Yippee!
The fencers also replaced the sagging, old west side of the …
I received this email from a friend.
“…and this horse next door will not stop neighing and it is a loud, long neigh. He is beautiful, but I could use a break. I hope they bring his friend back soon!”…
Zelador let me know that he LOVES the blue box (the letter ‘A’ is on the green box). When I asked him to touch the letter ‘A’ Zelador picked up the blue box, tossed it, picked it up again, brought …
From a friend who is also challenging herself to teach her horses letters of the alphabet:
She’s working on her pony, Timbit, picking out the letters to spell the word ‘cat’.
“I stuck Tim’s three letters in the bucket of …
Here are the acts that The Beautiful Jim Key performed back in the 1890’s and those first six years of 1900. A movie is being made about this horse and his breeder and trainer, William Key. William Key was born …
I used the wooden letter today and everyone instantly touched it. I’m thinking that instead of drawing a letter on the cylinder I’ll attach a wooden letter (prototype) to one cylinder and see if the horses are safe when picking …
I’m using the ‘A’ on the wall made out of chalk and the ‘A’ I printed in Magic Marker on the light green box. Every horse went to the box or the wall when asked. I’m still positioning myself relatively …
My first Challenge Day with the six horses went well. I drew a BIG ‘A’ on each stall wall and also had a small ‘A’ that I could hold in my hand. Every horse enjoyed touching both letters. Pax, Zelador …
