thnkyou so much for that
. i will look up jambette (is this the spelling?) and then i will work with it. we have started just a little target practive. i do have a question though, do i ask the knee to touch the target, or do i ask the hoof?
i think that she will like this.
i do think that i will miss the stomp a little too, it is very cute, as i know it is her way of really showing me she is trying her hardest!
can i teach this on one leg and then the other? or is it just for the one?
i know that in NHE it was told to me that i must wait till a true relationship developes without treats, but i have found that some of my horses have too strong a pain memory, and so i think that at first, i would be best to make it a rewarding experience. i do have some horses that respond well to just my voice, but for danni, she likes the gift for a job well done.
about the boys, i know. i have had mothers nearly fall over backwards watching my little ones. but i am always watching, i can normally get in there befor the accident happens. i think that it is the kids that are sheltered that end up having major accidents. they do not know ow to handle knives and things, so their curiosity makes them play when mummy is not looking. my kids know that they can experiment with me, and they dont have to hide things.
pluss really, they are having the life i grew up with. they know and handle snakes and spiders, they ar around all sorts of animals and they learn the dangers. i think that it is good for them to get into these situations
Dylan scales fences so fast, that all i had done was stop to pick up a lead rope, and up he was.
he loves his wheapons. he is obsessed with screwdrivers. so he has a really big one that he is alloud to have when he is with us. he likes to dig!!!and drum!!!
i am making sure that my boys grow up with the type of childhood that most kids only read about in peterpan books!!
they are feral, but boy they are good at outside things. they can build their own hut, and they can catch large lizzards (which they must be kind to and let straight go) they can grow their own vegies and they can rn all day without tiring!!
i wish they would get tired sometimes...
they just run rings around me. i want to adopt a little girl. there are so many little kids around here that have knowone to love them, babies are always finding homes, but little kids about 5yrs, seem to be left out. so i want to adopt, but i dont think i know how to look after girls! i never grew up like one.
you sound like you had a fun childhood. i was much the same. some of the ponies i had growing up......wow! i dont know how i made it through. we did not have much money, and so we had the "free to good home....needs confident rider" i had one little pony who would buck and spin till i came off (as we had no saddle) and then he would come after us with barred teeth......he had issues
!!! he ended up the sweetest pony! but you know what, having all these bad ponies made me learn to be inventive and learn to work out wha they were upset about and how to help.
i ended up with some of the best ponies around. i know it had a bit, but this is me when i was eight...
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i was so desperate to look good as it was rare to have a camera to get photos, and he just wanted to eat the tree!!