Why the rush to ride?

What have you done with her? Did you ride her at all this evening? How long did you ride? Yes, most of these questions passes by me most of the time that I spend time with Miss.Betty. A lot of people ask me why are you not riding her, how much training have you given her under saddle. Well the answer that I have to all of these questions is WE HAVE TIME. Betty is only eight so I have her entire life ahead of her to do whatever I please with her. There are some moments where I do think that I should be riding her but I also think that instead of getting right on and riding her I need to build that trust with her first. I need to be able to connect with her on a deeper level instead of just getting right on and riding her away into the sunset. Being able to communicate with your horse from the ground first plays a impact for how you will be "in touch" with your horse while you are in the saddle. If you don't have a good relationship and respect of leadership on the ground than you can forget riding. Most people don't think about stuff like that, they just think about the basics. Every single evening even for at least 15 minutes or even for 30 minutes I try to do at least five Parelli Games with Miss. Betty. Taking the time to do each game very carefully, by being patient, and loving. These are the games that I practice with Betty every single night. The Yo-Yo Game, the Friendly Game, The Porcipine Game, The Circling Game, and most of all playing with the Equine Ball and practicing her soccer skills! Each game usually lasts for about five to ten minutes depending on how good and how familiar they are with these games they should do extremely well! The art of lunging and desensitizing games are also extremely useful as well (it helps them towards trail riding). If you have an empty feed bag, grocery bag, or tarp these things should do great in desensitizing your horse to loud and scary noises and objects!

Every single time that I work with Betty Boo I always write in my training log for her to keep track of what I did each and every day, what I am going to be doing tomarrow. What she could improve on, what she is getting better at, what I will work with her on next time. This seems to help me in seeing how she has been improving over the years and what she still needs to work on for the next couple of months. Keep checking out my blog for updated posts and more!