The biggest project may start soon

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Got some tires for an obstacle.

Don't really have enough for this-

And don't have large enough ones for this-


Just need to win the lotto...then I can open an extreme obstacle course farm! Lol

 

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Basically impossible to find any real pics or videos of saddle breaking in water, google or facebook....

But my trainer buddy mentioned it & that she's done it with her 2nd mustang.
So, seeing as how I have a mud pond........
Yeah, you can connect the dots!
I just need spring to be in full force!
And yes, I'll record all sessions and post them, so there will finally be videos of this method out there!

 

[thistlebloom]

Way I do it gives her the option to refuse or try to cooperate. She listens to me asking her to easy and wait. Once it's on, she won't bolt off. She's similar to my gelding when I first started with him, but to the extreme of taking one step forward and two steps back.
What's not seen in the video is her marching away when I first brought out the saddle and I was still 25ft away. Her moving around and shuffling away from me. She eventually decided to try and that's when I turned on the camera. She could leave at any point, but she chose to try.

At one point, I had a lead when placing the saddle and was able to keep her near & hold the horn to keep it on her as she shuffled around me. But soon I added food and the choice and she started to pick that up better, more easily.

Sometimes, I toss down hay and then intro the saddle or hop onto her or lean on her or sit on her, and so on. Using the food as something she wants and it happens to be her reward for sticking around and allowing my madness. It also helps to keep her brain working instead of zoning out, she's moving her jaw to eat, so she can't zone out. That's why I sometimes wait for any movement after a double kiss, hand waive or such, to let me know she hasn't zoned out into her 100 mile stare down.

I've tried more old fashioned pressure & release on a line with her, but she was quite shut down when I first got her. Adding food and adding freedom/choice of leaving has been very helpful for her. I've even done target training with her.

Shutting down is more common in horses than a lot of people recognize. Good for you for doing what works for her.

 

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Found a bunch of free tires of mixed sizes...Will be picking up as many as I can fit into the truckbed!

 

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It's been a full year with the loon!!

 

[Bruce]

And you both are still alive!

 

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Got 4 "big" tires and 8ish medium ones.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Thats exciting let them roll.

 

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This big one, got 4, should of gotten all of them...Going to fill them and make those steps from them.