Found out that the horse's name is Shiloh. So it's a fact. Shiloh the paint.
Someone asked me to take come pictures. I like working alone with no one around to watch (I blame that on a previous experience where everything I was doing was questioned and told it was wrong) so until I start riding this beast, I always wait until no one is at the house so I can work her without a crowd.
I didn't get any pictures of the training, but I did snap a few shots of Shiloh beforehand.
Like I said before, I have to train her in their pasture with another horse named Dusty. I don't even bother with Dusty. He's shown. He's about 16-17 years old. He's got stomach ulcers. Why bother the old fart? The first day he didn't bother me at all.
Today he was a little curious. So I came into the pasture and haltered Shiloh who stood like an angel. She was a little dirty and I thought "Whats my hurry?" so I grabbed a brush and groomed her up a little. She really seemed to enjoy it. It was a little bit of a change from when I showed up the day before, strapped a halter on her and made her move about without introducing myself.
My bad.
So today she was groomed and then we started the training session. She did really well. A lot better than the previous time before. I had the chain, but I didn't need to put it on her today. She seemed to know the drill and accept the fact that I was going to ask her to do things, even if she really didn't want to.
There came a time where I had to crack Dusty with the whip once or twice for coming over and investigating, but for the most part he was good. Stayed his distance away to not bother Shiloh too much.
We walked. Stopped. Walked, stopped. Wal-...wa-...WALK PLEASE *reinforce*, thank you. Walk.
We did a few turn-aways. They were sloppy and not as sharp as they will be eventually, but she accepted the fact that she needed to move away from the pressure I was creating
, and everytime we completed an entire circle she was given lots of love and praise. Same with if she halted when I asked her to.
I didn't have to touch her to stop her today. I just breathed out and closed my shoulders, and she stopped. Got to the point where all I had to do was lean back and tip my hip slightly and she'd come to a good pause.
Going was a little harder. She couldn't figure out why I was at her shoulder instead of pulling her along behind me, but she's getting better with it.
Someone asked me to take come pictures. I like working alone with no one around to watch (I blame that on a previous experience where everything I was doing was questioned and told it was wrong) so until I start riding this beast, I always wait until no one is at the house so I can work her without a crowd.
I didn't get any pictures of the training, but I did snap a few shots of Shiloh beforehand.
Like I said before, I have to train her in their pasture with another horse named Dusty. I don't even bother with Dusty. He's shown. He's about 16-17 years old. He's got stomach ulcers. Why bother the old fart? The first day he didn't bother me at all.
Today he was a little curious. So I came into the pasture and haltered Shiloh who stood like an angel. She was a little dirty and I thought "Whats my hurry?" so I grabbed a brush and groomed her up a little. She really seemed to enjoy it. It was a little bit of a change from when I showed up the day before, strapped a halter on her and made her move about without introducing myself.
My bad.
So today she was groomed and then we started the training session. She did really well. A lot better than the previous time before. I had the chain, but I didn't need to put it on her today. She seemed to know the drill and accept the fact that I was going to ask her to do things, even if she really didn't want to.
There came a time where I had to crack Dusty with the whip once or twice for coming over and investigating, but for the most part he was good. Stayed his distance away to not bother Shiloh too much.
We walked. Stopped. Walked, stopped. Wal-...wa-...WALK PLEASE *reinforce*, thank you. Walk.
We did a few turn-aways. They were sloppy and not as sharp as they will be eventually, but she accepted the fact that she needed to move away from the pressure I was creating
, and everytime we completed an entire circle she was given lots of love and praise. Same with if she halted when I asked her to.I didn't have to touch her to stop her today. I just breathed out and closed my shoulders, and she stopped. Got to the point where all I had to do was lean back and tip my hip slightly and she'd come to a good pause.
Going was a little harder. She couldn't figure out why I was at her shoulder instead of pulling her along behind me, but she's getting better with it.
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