In this visit with Valiente, Sarah works to get him a bit more comfortable with day-to-day interactions, including picking up his feet. If you would like to catch up on Valiente’s training journey, check out our first blog post with his history here. Can You Pick Up Your Feet? As all our equestrian readers know,… [Read More]
Part Two: The Mounting Block
Part Two: The Mounting Block If you haven’t been following along, catch up on Odin’s story on the Colorado Horse Rescue website (here) and our previous blog posts. After a little heart-to-heart (as shown in the last video “Part One: Attitude Adjustment”) with Sarah, Odin decided he was ready to go to school at the… [Read More]
Part 1: Attitude Adjustment
The (minor) Attitude Adjustment First, the good news! Odin has definitely found his confidence. Today, that translated to him doing a bit of testing during the first part of the training session, which quickly turned into a gentle attitude adjustment. Horses can be quickly labeled as “bad” because they don’t immediately rush to do what… [Read More]
Odin The Rescue Pony’s Training Session
If you haven’t been following along, catch up on Odin’s story on the Colorado Horse Rescue website (here) and on our blog post from February 6 (here). Now on to the first training session we were able to attend. After only a few short months of training, Odin can be easily caught in a… [Read More]
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling “yoo hoo”…
As the Holiday Season approaches, Colorado weather brings a blast of perfectly appropriate cold and snowy weather. Around here, well, we’ve had our fireplace set to “roar” for days on end. And I admit, there have been a couple days I haven’t set foot outside the house. (Here is where I publicly thank friends… [Read More]