My Flash Of the Obvious...

...was AMAZING! I have SO misread Red! I've been thinking he was a LBI/LBE lately because he started being lazy and most of the RBI characteristics went away... Boy was I wrong! He's LBI until he is pushed past a threshold and I haven't been tuning in really well to what he is telling me until a couple of days ago. I was working on his online work and I noticed that every time I would ask for him to do a full circle around me he'd tense up and take off. I contributed it to being LBE because he was taking off in the direction Rambo was in and he tends to get snotty when going away from Rambo. Then I decided to try something else so I worked on his stick-2-me attitude and he was great walking towards and away from Rambo!?! Well that when the FOB happened... I realized that he was going RBI because he would get tense then go "catatonic", which I thought was him being a lazy LBI, and if I kept the pressure on like I would if Sonny would go LBI he would take off!!! Well I then went and every time I noticed him getting tense I would take the pressure off and leave him alone till he licked and chewed. I probably had the BEST session I have ever had with him EVER!!! He came up to me after I ended the session and it was like he was saying "Thank-you for understanding me". He followed me around for a minute and then he went back to the grass and I headed inside. I can't wait until it stops raining so I can go and play with him!
~Savvy Out and God Bless~

Catch up...

Well, last night at about, oh, idk, 8 or 9 o'clock I went out and played with Sonny. There was a breakthrough!! WHOO HOO!!! For a while now he has refused to do the circling game because I got real direct lined about it and would ALWAYS drill him. So, when things fell apart we quit doing it because we would end up frustrated and the session would end up in the tank.  So last night I worked on the porcupine game and did that till he was moving with little to no resistance.  Then we did the driving game until he was VERY light and responsive, I then did some Stick-2-Me to make him a little more in tune with me. Then I decided to attempt the impossible, THE CIRCLING GAME!!! I had watched a parelli show recently about how to teach your horse how to load into the trailer and it had some good tips on how to get a balky horse to move. The tips were - loooong phase 1, short phase 2,3,4, and LOTS of feel. So I applied it and he did half a lap before I called him in. Gtg!

~Savvy On~

~Lauren, Sonny, and Red~

A Flash of the Obvious and some drama...

Hey!  What's up?  I for was NOT doing so well the past couple months or so, I was depressed and stressed out......  Not Fun!  I am a VERY private person and DO NOT tell anyone if somethings wrong.  Well, w/all the stress of everything it has REALLY been wearing me down and last night I'd HAD IT!!!  I burst into tears (so unlike me) and got REALLY mad at everyone because there had been a misunderstanding and that was THE LAST string.  But I got everything I needed to off my chest and I also figured some things out.  Like I haven't been working w/the horses lately because I would just get SO frustrated w/them and the session would end up in the tank.  But after I got everything off my chest I figured out the reason why everything was going in the tank.  I spent NO time just moseying around and letting him graze and spending some UDT (undemanding time) w/them.  Last night I spent UDT w/him and I have ALREADY noticed a change in him (Sonny)!!!  I am so excited now I actually enjoy going out there (I used to hate it...) because  we are no longer irritated w/each other....  I know it has only been a day but I REALLY HAVE noticed a change on both of our parts.  Well I'm done now w/ my FOB (Flash of the Obvious) : - P