Taser needs to be comfortable with being touched all over and relaxed before working with him in the playground for higher learning. Linda Tellington-Jones discovered the TTouch method we are using here. According to her, just a few minutes to TTouches a day will result in a much calmer horse and put him in the […]
Today Taser learns how to self load into the trailer. I want to be able to stand outside of the trailer and send him in. In the video, you see that Taser starts off not so sure of going in. Just like in the “Driving Game”, I lead with the rope hand, lift the wand […]
This is the first time that Taser, A.W.H.A.‘s project mustang, has taken a venture out into the neighborhood without any equine companions by his side to comfort him. The moments of truth. Upon recent walks with his mustang friend, Juno, he moved along smoothly stopping occasionally to investigate curious objects. However, this time, it […]
In this video I ride Taser for the first time without anyone leading him or assisting in anyway. First, you will see how Taser has mostly mastered the command for picking me up at the fence. I only ask him once to come to me and he moves right up to the fence. Only a […]
This is the first time I have gotten on Taser’s back for a ride since he had gotten frightened at the beginning of May 2012 and had scared me tremendously. He is so strong and fast that, at that time, I decided to grab onto the fence and pull myself off as we went zooming […]
Now that we are all done with the plastic bag, Taser is still afraid of the items, such as the saddle and saddle pad, that he was wearing once they were taken off of him. I put the saddle on the ground and the pad next to it. If a horse accepts something in his […]
In this video, I am playing the “Yo-Yo Game” with Taser, which is the fourth of the seven games introduced by Parelli. This teaches the horse to go backwards and forwards and develops straightness. Taser already knows the “Yo-Yo Game”, but for the sake of him getting used to focusing while having a plastic bag […]
Here Taser is bolting as a result of me putting the plastic bag on his saddle. What was not shown is that I was playing all the seven games with him while I was wearing a plastic bag around my neck. He was okay with this up until this point. It was my ultimate goal […]
If you are a horse owner or know anything about horses and plastic bags, then you know that it is quite the accomplishment when you can get your horse to accept it near, touching or on him. In this video, I am introducing Taser to the plastic bag tied onto the wand with a short […]
This is not the first time Taser has worn the saddle. However, he is still initially fearful of any objects that approach him that has nothing to do with food. In this video, you will see me playing Catching Game with the saddle pad followed by the Friendly Game. I want to play lots of […]