What am I working on?
Herd Dispersal Project
My latest project is working with a team of horse advocates to help an elderly breeder re-home her herd as she is no longer able to care for them and doesn't have the means (physically or financially) to re-home them anymore. Scroll down to see some of the horses that are available.
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Meet the horses
Absyntha
2007 Bay Mare, by Wojslaw out of Almeria.
Ota
2008 Bay Mare, by Equifor out of Almeria.
Last year I started working with Catchagear, a 2005 OTTB as a full lease riding horse. He had some anxiety, but was constantly looking to his humans to try and do what they asked. He was the perfect project for me to learn more about how to use R+ to teach emotional regulation and test my own ability to self regulate. He loved R+ and caught on quickly, although his tendency to barge around with his shoulders when he got overwhelmed was a little challenging for me to work through. Our journey took a turn when he started twitching his fly twitch muscles violently when there were no flies around. Repeated observation, some investigation and a few xrays later and he had a kissing spine diagnosis.
Since then we have been leaning on R+, Hillary Clayton's work, the equiband training system and fun liberty exercises to change how he carries his back. He is now semi retired but that's no reason to stop working with him! I am continuing to teach him long reining and long lining and adding to our menu of tricks.
Kissing spines rehab using R+
How it started....
How its going....
Socializing an Arabian Pony
My latest project starting in the summer of 2025 is Baltyka. With the help of Emily Petrichor of Heart of Riding, I hope to teach this spunky gal from almost zero to riding horse with R+. We have started with a few basic skills: touch a target and stand facing forward. Everyday I go to the farm to help care for the herd while we try to find them homes, she checks in with me to see if she can do some more training. I'm really looking forward to working with her. Stay posted for updates!
