Monday, November 07, 2005

Tiffany and Riane

Tiffany riding her paint horse, Nubi and Riane riding Poker tackle the huge ball. Was mostly okay, until the ball rolled at Nubi, that was a bit scary, but he took it.

Tiffanye and Sundance

Were very brave going over the unstable bridge. It's set on tires so it moves under the weight. Scary!

Dayle and Meadow

Dragging a bag of cans! If you look in the background, you will see the streamers that the horses went thru also.

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Desensitizing clinic

This was an interesting clinic. Designed to help horses and riders handle situations that cause the horse stress. 4 horse/rider teams participated in this clinic on Saturday and were pleased with the results. Lots of "stations" set up in a large pasture to work on. . . tarp to walk your horse over, flapping flags, plastic streamers, bridges that were stable, unstable and a teeter tooter one! Tunnel, huge ball to push around, water and other things. Even firecrackers and smoke bombs. Several instructors on hand to help out and you just progressed at your own speed. Very fun day and helpful!