Hey! So I haven't posted in ages, but I'm still alive. Here's what's happening. Taz is working towards retirement I've started trying clicker training Working on roundness in lessons, partly because we're trying to tone down the activity so that Taz isn't overworked or injured. So yeah. Taz is approximately 26, so he's at a point where jumping isn't something that he's going to be doing much longer. My trainer has a student who's horse shopping, so she's planning to lease that student's horse and use him in lessons, so that's likely who I'll be riding soon. In the meantime, we're working on roundness and all that fun stuff, which honestly, I like just as much as jumping, so I'm okay with that. I've also started experimenting with clicker training. I've been working with Taz to get him to touch a target on command, which has honestly gone far better than I thought. I've only had one session with him, but ...
An Equestrian Reviews - Flicka(2006), Secretariat(2010), Canterwood Crest, and Horses of Oak Valley Ranch
I had another lesson on Wednesday, but I don't really feel like writing about it, and nothing too interesting happened, so I decided to do a review of my favourite(and least favourite) horse-related books and movies. MOVIES Flicka (2006) Terrible writing & dialogue, questionable realism in regards to the horses, and Katy is kind of really stupid, although that's probably due to the horrible dialogue. This movie features Tim Mc Graw as Katy's dad, and he is very cringy, also due to terrible dialogue and a huge helping of sappy. That pretty much describes every character in this movie, so... Anyways, this movie is awful, and I love it. I actually know the horse who played "Yankee", the horse that Katy rides just before she finds Flicka, so that adds an extra level of cool for me. "Yankee" is currently a ...