And So It Begins

The horses have arrived and done a little round penning. We do this not to wear them out, but to kind of get their heads on straight, put them in the right frame of mind to work. We use something you've likely heard about if you have TV, the Clinton Anderson Method. It's also called Down Under Horsemanship, cleverly abbreviated as DUH. More about that as we go along.

The bay mare is Roxy, she is H's new horse. She seemed a little pushy today, but it is Day Two, always about the worst, and by the end of her session she'd settled nicely.

The bay paint (how cool is that?) is Pirate. She is actually missing an eye, but you'd never know it from her behavior. Well, she does have a little trouble with cues while free lunging on her blind side, but I think she can have a pass on that. The best part is getting to tell her "Pirate, ho"!