So it has been a little over a mont and a half with this horse. All can say is I have never had a more rewarding experience. When I first got Vesta, she was the scruffiest horse I had ever seen. She was wild, untouched, and untrained.
Exactly 63 days later, the same scruffy horse now has all four hooves trimmed, she leads and lunges on and off line. The resembles a tiny roan thoroughbred and is the sweetest horse I have met. Looking back on old pictures of her has made me realize how very far she has come.
Wednesday, Vesta got her feet trimmed again. This time they all got trimmed and they look magnificent. She is so much happier and has so much more energy now that her feet feel good. Speaking of energy, I have been working with her lunging and it has improved dramatically.
Her lunging today was very flighty and dramatic. As I suspected she had way too much energy and was much better after she worked it off. Her on-line lunging was very rough to one direction, eventually we got that worked out and she lunged beautifully with slack in the rope.
We are nearing the end of this employment! I have my 4-H club over for a field trip to hear me give a talk and I am working on the promotional video! I am dreadfully sorry I haven't been more active, school is winding down so of course it is crazy. More information soon!
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