Updates

well it has been real crazy. sorry for not posting anything. but Blaze got hurt. and I thought it was real bad. but next day he was fine thank goodness! but anyway yesterday I had a fabulous ride on angel. she is getting so confident!! and got her ready on the ground and then put a bare back pad on her. and put the bit with my new finesse reins that I LOVE!! and got on. (first time riding her with a bit) and she is so light! she kept wanting to go back to the building but I just used a direct rein to correct her. I am also playing with her to maintain gait. she is getting good with the trot. canter she still will buck sometimes. but I got a few strides! and she has such a lovely canter! nice and slow. UN like blaze. LOL. but anyways...... I got her to go down to the lake. got her to go in just a bit. she was unconfined so I backed off. and then I got her to go over a small jump. (very first time with a rider) I didn't do big cause I would fall off cause her jumping is horrible. LOL! Then we had a very nice walk back to the building. she is doing so great. I am very proud of her!!!! she is so gentle. and I think she is gonna be real easy to teach more advanced stuff! but since she is RBI I'm gonna go slow and wait til she is ready to move to something more advanced!! NOW blaze's turn!!!!!!!





I have decided to start hill therapy with him to help his back and gait and just to be More relaxed. and I am dreading not being able to ride him for 6 weeks but if it helps him it is so totally worth it. and tonight I played with him. and I found a small hill for him to go up and down. and I was watching to make sure he wasn't limping. so I did some laps/ and he did Great he even of ford to do 5 laps at the canter going left :O!!!!!!!!!!!! he HATES going left. wow that was so cool!!! and he did 5 laps going to the right!! that is more than he has ever done with me just standing still!! it was REALLY cool!! and I am also teaching him how to bow between his legs! and he will go all the way to his head now!! and I will get pics as soon as my moms computer quites being mean! lol.


well I'm off to bed. just thought I would update everyone!!

Until next time Keep it Natural!!

:) ;)

My "New" liberty audition.

so I didn't think my last liberty was that good. so I made a new one





Enjoy! :)

some pics

Blaze


Blaze Horsenality chart








are new toy I made



he likes his new toy LOL

Level 3 Freestyle PASSED!!!!!!

I just got the call about an hour ago from Carol Coppinger. and I passed my level 3 freestyle! YAY! here is what the eamil she sent said

Hello Hannah,



Thanks for helping me find your Audition!



It was a pleasure watching your Audition and your FreeStyle is Level 3!



To help your horse be more confident the Patterns are going to be the key to your success. Adding some follow the Rail, Corners game and Question Box will help your horse become more relaxed cantering. This will also help your lead changes become solid and complete. When he gets scared and in a hurry it can be difficult for the hind leg to keep up with the change.



Great job!



We look forward to helping you in your journey.



Please reply to this with your full name, address, e-mail, phone#, horse’s name, and Savvy#.



You should get your certificate within a couple of weeks or so. We are still working out the procedures.



Have a great day.

Carol


YAY! :)

Dressage Naturally!

Today I got Karen Rolf's Dressage Naturally DVDs. and I loved them. so I went out and try ed it with blaze. and I started on the ground and he was acting a little RBE. so I has to interrupt the pattern a few times till he Finally calmed down. (it was really windy) so then I got on and just started him walking around doing some stuff that I watched but really just getting him listening to me, and he was doing Great. I wasn't even having to use my legs. he was listening to me "body" which was so cool.

so then I started some of the exercise. and Blaze was doing Great. and just in a few minutes he was offering a slow walk trot and canter. which he has never ever ever Done! he was so responsive if I asked walk canter he said Yes ma'am if I asked canter stop Yes Ma'am he was doing anything. and when I asked for a straight line canter (which most of the time he will just bolt forward) he stayed at the same Pace I was like this is Totally awesome dude! lol!! I didn't want to stop it was so cool! I did more freestyle then finesse cause now I'm like I'm gonna get his Gaits better be for I start doing more finesse. anyway I can't wait to ride again. I really hope it goes as good as it did today!


But If any of you want to learn Dressage. or just have better Finesse I would Totally suggest Karen's DVDs and book http://www.dressagenaturally.net/


until next time. Keep in Natural :)

My Liberty Audition!

well I took it nice and easy! if things went wrong I didn't rush nothing to fancy! so here it is


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQaBvv7cEI

let me know what you think :)

HOLLY COW!!! WHO TOOK MY HORSE!?!?

OK REALLY Who took my Blaze and Replaced him with a Motivated and willing horse? I have a horse that is offoring to canter and doing flying lead changes and wants to walk trot and cater close to me. wow what a good shocker lol! over night my horse has changed? I must have done something right lol. but what? My LBI that always says NO to cantering is sayine yes to phase 1! WOW! i'm in shock! this is so cool! I never thought he would offor to canter. and do a flying lead change from going to the right to left "cause he hates going to the left" but now phase 1 and he says yes ma'am. hmmm this was so a How intresting! I have been putting the relatingship first. so could that be why? hmmmm maybe! I think so! tell me what y'all think? but any way I am like SO happy! I've been waiting for the moment my horse "ticks" and I think that has finally happend! but I jsut wanted to share that.

and me and my dad are about to go film my liberty for my audition I'll tell how it goes

Bye!

EKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was ONE Crazy day!! out of knowere we started haveing bad wether and bam the tornado siren goes off. and me my mom/dad/braothers/ and sister n law was at my dads business. So I'm like about to have a heart atack. and my dad is laughing at me. and so we left and we were bringing my brother to church. and to do that we headed right into it. and I said THIS IS INSANE!!!!!! and we turned on a road and we look and there is this HUGE brown tornado comeing right at us!!!! I mean like less then half a mile. and we turned around and BOOM hail wind and rain start hitting us. I was about to TOTALLY FREAK OUT!!! and everything is getting herd to see. and we were tuck at a red light and then we Finally got passed the red light and RAN FOR DEAR LIFE!!!!! and my dad was smileing and my brother was laughing lol. and I'm like YIKES!!!!!!!! and we headed for sun light and GOT OUT OF IT. so that was the most scared thing that has EVER happend to me. and that is as close to a tonado as I want to EVER get. and luckly are horses was fine when we got home. but yesterday there was more than 1 tornado around us there was like 2 or 3


I also posted this on the savvy club fourm

Are you doing it for your horse? or trying to change him?

I've been thinking about this allot for the past few days. I was talking to Fran and trying to figure out how me and blaze could get even closer. and she said are you doing it for the horse? or trying to change him? oh wow! she got me good. I said well trying to change him. so I've been thinking or ways to STOP THINKING OF THE TASK!!!!! AND HAVE FUN!!!! and that is real hard for me to do. so yesterday morning I got up and be for we left for work I played with him. and I said to my self no matter what happens go slow and be friendly.so I was just doing some stuff. lead by the lip. ear. legs. and stick to me. and that went very good. and we were in the round pen and I said OK how bout a circle and I asked him to go and guess what? he started doing a small circle around me and I didn't even ask! and I asked for the canter and he did a small canter around me! I said WOW! I couldn't believe it. I've asked be for and he said not gonna happen. but when I didn't care he did! and I didn't have to nag at all! he was like yes ma'am! I finally understand that when it's NOT about the task and you just go out to have fun your horse will offer more! and now I trying to STOP caring so much if things don't go right. just smile and don't get mad move on or just go slow and be friendly



Until next time
Keep it Natural!

I've never had so much fun!

Today I went up to the pasture to pick up old hay string and get it out of there were the horses won't get there hoofs stuck in it. and Joy Spirit fire Blaze Angel midnight star were eating hay. and out of know ere Joy (1 year old QH mare) looks at me and starts bolting towards me bucking and going crazy. so she stoped at me and I'm like OK I guess you want to play. and then I chose liberty playing stick to me. and she was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! when I would walk she would walk when I would trot she would trot and when I would canter she would canter lol. and when I would bolt off she would chase me bucking and then stop at me. and sometimes she would turn around and try and kick me! lol. but I didn't care she was playful! sometimes she would run back to the herd and then look at me and come bolting back to me. and it was wet so my eyes got real big eek! but she did a slid stop at me. I can't get her to do anything real big like blaze but blaze isn't playful. but she is. I've never really started playing with her till about 2 months ago and this was the best session ever! I hope to get it on film when my dad doesn't have to work. but anyway this was just so amazing! and magical!

Until next time Keep in Natural

Can I kill my self now? lol

well today I waited 8 hours on my freestyle video. so I get it on there right and I go look at the assessment list and I forgot to put me opening a gate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm about ready to go nuts after waiting that long and then having to start over! but I guess I can make a even better one. but besides that Blaze and my online are getting better I got him to canter 2 laps each way on a 22 foot the other day. I haven't been able to play with him as much as I would like too. I've been sick and trying not to make is worse. but anyway yesterday I rode Fire My mustang that will buck at the trot and canter and i rode him with a halter and 12 foot line tied into reins and bareback and it went Great I only walked but it was a start and be for he would stop every few steps and he was walk pretty good I was really proud of him for not bucking me off LOL. I just need to bring out his LBE side again. he's such a neat horse so loving but just needs some Confidence

Just Fun!

yeaterday was Great! I started filming for my liberty and freestyle for level 3. I think freestyle and liberty I would pass bt my online would not have. blaze has such a hard time cantering. But he was Great did 2 flying lead changes! and I didn't even ask! and when youtube stops being a jerk I'll put it on. last night waited 5 hours and it wasn't on? but anyway I have pictures!!!!

GOSH! this started out bad but ended good!

Hello All!

Today I was gonna play with blaze cantering, cause this is what he does. he will start out slow then get faster and faster and faster till he is at full blast and he's not RB what so ever. any suggestion would be Great! so I did that for a while then he got MAD. I ask to go and he said NO FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! he has NEVER done this EVER!!! and he wasn't RBI he was full blown LBI he said NOT GONNA HAPPEN so I squeezed I taped a little then I took the savvy string and went back a forth tapping each side, nothing hap pend so I got harder and harder ansocked face* My sweet boy acting like this??? I think he did this because he wanted his way and didn't get it. cause every time he would go to fast in the canter I would pull him around interrupt the pattern. so he finally went and I try ed my best not to get mad so after I while his canter trot etc. was MUCH better. I played for about an hour with this. if that was too long please let me know.


then I did a little liberty he was good just did a couple of things and went in the round pen and got him to do 4 laps t the canter to the left and 5 at the the canter to the right WOW!!! that's a first ! so after I was done I did some Undamanding time with him about 20 30 minuts. Let him rest.

then I started playing with angel did all 7 games at liberty. got her to come sideways to me better got her to do 1 lap at the canter with is big for her!!!! she's RBI so I don't want to push to hard ( she almost killed me once ) but that was my fault. and then I went out of the round pen and played stick to me and she was pretty good with that. but ran away about 4 times but I was like that's OK!

so blaze had some rest. so I did in are pasture 2 horses stick to me game! angel was fine but blaze doesn't like me playing with her and him at the same time so he gave me a little trouble so I just played with that till he gave and I even got it on video so it will be in my next video. and then y'all know how when pat is riding one horse and has a norther playing the stick to me game? well I try ed that. I was bridle less and bareback. and angel was at liberty. this was my first try at liberty only done it a couple of times with a rope but I was like well it's worth a try! and she did Great and so did blaze she stayed with me in the middle of a pasture with other horses at the walk and trot it was so cool and even got that on tape!!!!!!

well until next time may the horse be with you! ;)

Teaching something new!

Hey Savvy Friends!

Today I played with Joy. I was teaching her to bow and she's doing really Great with that. she's very easy to teach so this has been no problem! all I have to do is lift her leg and she will go down and once she's really good with bowing then I'll try laying down. but I'm not gonna ask to soon. cause it's really easy for a horse to go RBI if you try to get them to lay down and i know joy is LBI but I know if I push her she will go RBI so I'm having savvy on that. after I was done with that then I did a little bit of figure 8s she was really good on that very confident. then I went to the hanging tarp and she was like aah I don't care she's very lay ed back so the hanging tarp she went though it with no problem. then I went to a tree that fell I few years ago and I asked her to jump that and she did. she's a little sloppy jumping but she will get better. then I started to walk back and she was at the end of the 12 foot line behind me and she got exited and took off pass me at a bolt and I held steady and she hit the end and she was like DANG I wanted to run so she came back and I gave her a treat. so were playing with allot of stuff now.

that's all for now Keep in Natural