This is a 3 part video that I am sending in one Mountaintop Minute.

Today we are introducing a brand new obstacle to a young 3 year old in training. She is a nicely trained youngster and needs experience in doing what is asked of her even if she has never been asked to negotiate this type of obstacle. Giving your horse a lot of different experiences is vital to their training.

  I want to let everyone know that we had not practiced this horse at all. You are seeing first hand exactly what happened at the time it was happening. There is a break between the first and second video...the only thing that you are not seeing is  about 3 minutes of continuing  training that you see on the video. The entire training session took about 15 minutes to teach.

 We love to take all of our 2 and 3 year olds on the judged obstacle trail rides that are held in our area...and we like to be COMPETITIVE!

 This filly will be going on her first judged ride in 2 weeks! We will let you know how she does.

 

video one: safely showing a scary obstacle for the very first time. Remember! The goal is safety for you and your horse.

 

video two: She accepts the new obstacle( with help)

 

 

video three: Negotiating with Confidence!