When I went out this evening Reece had been pacing (which was obvious because of the worn down area by the fence …and I had seen her doing it). Just a slightly important fact of my fields layout is the second you open the gate you are on a downward slope, at the bottom of this hill is a section to the right (the diet pen) and a section to the left (The hill pasture that we kept Reece earlier in the summer) then straight ahead is the arena. If you go out pat the arena there is much more field that goes way out across a creek and all the way across Cherry Valley. With the way our fencing is set up you can close 3 gates and keep the animals up in the section of field near our house so they can’t go out past our arena. It makes it so you don’t have to walk out in the huge field to catch a horse.
Anyway I had all the horses in the close pasture (to the house) and Reece was in the right section. I closed the gate behind me (mostly because of our calf that thinks I am his mother) and did some liberty work with Reece in the smallish area.
If there is one thing I have realized about Reece it is that, if you want to get anything done, you have to get her attention first. Once I got her attention she was amazing but I noticed that she was being a bit slow to move away from me when I asked her to. I got her into the arena and did some work with sending her around me in a circle then changing her direction. Then I worked on having her leg yield away from me. Once I got her moving well and responding quickly I let her be done for the day and let her out with the other horses.
Again, as a reminder, I would love to see y’all at Reber Ranch this Sat. Oct. 1 and hope you’ll come cheer on all the ‘Stang trainers.
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