the season just started...

We were pretty busy the last two days. I did some yard cleaning today in the morning while Birgit was at the Terracana Ranch.

After lunch we started with the horse work. I lunged Samy in the round pen. He had a lot of energy. I could train to slow my body down and keep Samy calm as good as I could. It's kinda hard work but it's a great way to work with a horse. I really enjoy it. I missed this kinda work so much.
On Saturday will Birgit have lessions here at the farm. I look forward to that and also to Sunday when the new training horse will come. :)

spring is coming...

It was a nice day today. Sunshine, no clouds but a cold wind. I did some cleaning in the hay yeard in the pasture. All the horses came to have a look what I did. I really enjoyed the work outside.
Everywhere are birds around, yes spring is coming !

In the afternoon Birgit showed me the round pen work with Miho. After her work with Miho I could try to make him follow me. It went pretty good so far ! I was happy.
Then the next horse was Samy. He challenged me. With the help from Brigit I could work a bit with Samy. Oh well, he knew right from the beginning I am a beginner ! I had some problems with the right moves from time to time...
Then we also worked with Alberta. I did some big mistakes and she responded pretty good to it. My goal will be to work with Fire, the stallion, in the round pen... But til then I need more training.
It was a good start !

riding lesson

Birgit and I went to the arena today. I was the third student who had a riding lession. I rode Bandit. The topic of the lession was 'bending'. Both, Bandit and I had to work hard and I learnd a lot. An importent thing is not to pull on a horse's face. It's kinda hard not to do it anymore when you are so used to it.
The more I learn about Chris Irwin's method the more I think it's the right way for me to work with horses. Like I said before you only need to think like a horse...
As soon as the ground is dried I can start to work in the round pen. I really look forward to that. I barley can't wait !

It's my day off tomorrow and the day after. It depends on the weather what I will do...

friday, indoor arena day

Birgit and I went to the indoor arena today. She gave two riding lessions and worked with two horses afterwards. I had the chance to groom Birgit's stallion, Fire. It was the first time I groomed him. When you groom him you need to be 100 % aware of what you do, where you stand and what he does. Fire is a good teacher. I learnd a lot today. Body language is so importent when you work with a horse.
I also could feed him in the evening, Birgit helped me to do the right moves :)
All this is pretty new and so I am not sure if I do the right things... I need more training !
Oh well, as soon as the outdoor arena is dry I will get a lot of horses to train with.

another day went by...

Another day went by and I had a good riding lesson in the pasture today. I rode my first turn on the haunches. yuppee ! Birgit told me what I have to do and it turned out pretty good. I also rode leg yields and turns on the forehand.

Spring is here. The grass is growing and on some trees pop the leaves out.

first news

I am here in Dunster, Canada since 2 weeks now. The last two weeks I learned a lot about horses, all kind of work at a farm und how to train horses. I will learn how to interact with a horse with Chris Irwin's method. It's different then the things I learned about horses before but it is a challenge I really need.
I already lunged twice and had 3 riding lessons. So I have to learn, read and train a lot til June. We will go to a 3 days Chris Irwin clinic in Whitecourt then.