MJ IS CLOSER TO RECEIVING A RIDER, SHE DID EXCELLENT TODAY, EVEN WITH AN AUDIENCE. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LORI OWNER OF MIND BODY AND MASSAGE FOR WORKING WITH ME TODAY, THE CANADIAN FOREST TREE ESSENCES ARE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MJ ACCEPTING THINGS MORE RAPIDLY AND SHE REALLY LOVES THE SCENT OF THEM AS I DO . SHE IS STARTING TO LOWER HER HEAD QUICKER AND MORE FREQUENT WHEN I AM INTRODUCING NEW THINGS. TODAY SHE WAS SADDLED AGAIN THIS TIME SHE WAS ASKED TO CANTER AND SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB, SHE ALSO CARRIED A RIPPED FEED BAG AROUND , WHICH I Made SURE THAT IT MADE LOTS OF NOISE, THAN I PUT A VERY HEAVY SAND BAG ON HER, WHICH I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO MOUNT UP MYSELF, LOL, BUT I AM TRYING TO BE SAFE AND SOLID FOR HER SAKE. AFTER ALL THAT I LET HER REST FOR A FEW HOURS THAN WE WENT FOR A WALK AROUND THE FARM AND DOWN THE ROAD (A QUIET ROAD) AND SHE DID GREAT IT WAS GOOD FOR THE SOUL. THE STARS WERE OUT, THERE WAS NO WIND, AND IT WAS CLOSE TO 25 DEGREES, PERFECT. UNTIL TOMORROW.

TODAY IS OUR DAY OF REST. HARD DAY AT WORK AND KIDS ARE HAVIN A PLAY DAY. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY AND A BIG ONE IT WILL BE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS FOR OUR ELEVEN A.M SESSION. LORI WILL BE BACK TO DO ENERGY WORK ON HER AND HOPEFULLY MJ WILL BE READY FOR A RIDER. BY THE WAY SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES HER BLANKET. TALK TO YOU ALL TOMORROW!!!!

DAY 20

I AM SO EXCITED!! MJ DID SMOKIN AWESOME TONIGHT I PUT A SADDLE ON HER WITH ALL THE FIXINS AND SHE DID GREAT. NEVER EVEN GAVE A BUCK, BUT I DID JUST WALK AND TROT NO CANTERING TONIGHT. I STARTED TO INTRODUCE HER TO MORE PEOPLE BESIDES ME AND SHE DID OK. HER BLANKET FINALLY CAME IN AND SHE EVEN IS WEARING THAT TONIGHT. THE NIGHT WAS GREAT.

THE END OF ANOTHER DAY. WHAT STARTED OFF AS OH SHIT! DID NOT TURN OUT SO BAD. MJ DECIDED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT HER LEAD ROPE ON TODAY, SO WITH SOME ROUND PENNING AND A LARIAT I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET ONE ON HER, THE LITTLE STINKER. THAN SHE WAS JUST FINE AND DANDY AND WE PICKED UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF YESTERDAY. I SADDLED UP A HORSE AND DID SOME PONYING. WE WENT IN THE BARN OUT OF THE BARN . SHE DID REALLY WELL WITH THAT, SHE EVEN WAS MORE ACCEPTABLE WITH ME TOUCHING HER FACE, WHICH TOTALLY DRIVES HER CRAZY. AFTER THAT I WORKED ON GROUND STUFF BACKING, TURNING ON THE HIND QUARTERS, AND PICKING UP HER FEET. NOT TO BAD OF AN ENDING COMPARED TO WHERE WE STARTED.

ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD DAY IN WI, BUT WE DEALT WITH IT . TODAY I GOT A SURCINGLE ON MJ AND WAS ABLE TO BUCKLE IT, SO I LET HER DRAG A FEW ROPES AROUND. I JUST CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW WARY SHE IS OF EVERYTHING, BUT EVERYDAY SHE GETS A LITTLE BETTER. UNTIL TOMORROW!!!

DAY 17

WHAT A DAY IT HAS BEEN ! LOTS TO TELL AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF ANY BECAUSE I AM ENTERING A TOPIC THAT ALONG THE WAY I AM GETTING EDUCATED MYSELF. I AM A TRUE BELIEVER IN USING NATURAL REMEDIES TO SOOTHE YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL SUCH AS CANADIAN FOREST TREE ESSENCES OR SIMPLY BY DOING YOGA TO RELIEVE STRESS, SO I DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS INTO MY TRAINING. I CALLED UP MY FRIEND LORI WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND OWNER OF MIND BODY MASSAGE(FOR ALL WALKS OF LIFE) AND SHE EXCITEDLY AGREED TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT MJ AND GIVE ME SOME ADVISE TO HOPEFULLY SPEED UP OUR PROGRESS - MEANING TRUST TRUST TRUST!!! FIRST WE INCORPORATED ON FRI. RESCUE CREAM BY BACH FLOWER ESSENCE TO HELP COMFORT PAST TRAUMA ALSO, ANIMAL RESTORE BY CANADIAN FOREST TREE ESSENCES USED AS A MIST SPRAY TO HELP SPEED ALONG THE PROCESS FOR MJ TO RELAX AND TRUST ME AND I APPLIED THESE EVERY DAY . I FEEL THAT THE MIST IS REALLY HELPING RELAX HER AND SHE REALLY ENJOYS IT-NEVER MOVES AN INCH WHEN I SPRAY WHERE AS MY RIDING HORSE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST DANCED AROUND A LITTLE JUST TO GIVE ME HIS OPINION. LOL. THE RESCUE CREAM I AM NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE AFFECTS SO I WILL BE DISCONTINUING THE USE OF IT AS OF TODAY. I GUESS WE WILL SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS. THIS MORNING I ALSO GAVE HER SOME TREATS THAT WERE SOAKED IN CANADIAN ESSENCES FOR BEING NERVOUS AND WHEN I TOOK HER OUT OF HER PEN SHE WAS NOT NEAR AS JUMPY AS THE DAYS BEFORE, BUT SHE WAS A SLIGHT AGGRESSIVE NOT GOOD. DISCONTINUING THAT ALSO. WORKED HER FOR A HALF HOUR THAN SPRAYED HER WITH MY ANIMAL RESTORE MIST AND SHE SEEMED TO COME BACK TO ME , SO I AM GUESSING THAT NERVOUSNESS IS NOT THE ISSUE, IT IS JUST PLAIN TRUST. I CONTINUED TO WORK HER AND PROGRESS AGAIN WAS BEING MADE . I REALLY WANT TO PUT A SADDLE ON HER BUT SOMETHING IS TELLING ME THAT SHE JUST IS NOT READY AND MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME TO LISTEN TO MY GUT SO I DID . NO SADDLE TONIGHT BUT I DID LAY MY SURCINGLE ALLOVER HER BACK AND MOVE HER AROUND AND SHE DID NOT MIND THAN I PUT THE LARIAT WHERE THE CINCH WOULD BE WHICH WAS TRICKY IN ITSELF, BUT I DID IT AND SHE WAS GOOD WITH THAT. BY THE END OF OUR SESSION I WAS LEADING HER WITH THE LARIAT WHICH WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!! AFTER THAT HARD WORKOUT WE WENT FOR A STROLL OUTSIDE FOR THE SECOND TIME AND SHE DID REALLY WELL. SHE DID GOOD ON THE ICE WHICH IS EVERYWHERE AND SHE DOES NOT LIKE MY DOG TO WELL BUT SHE WILL LEARN TO DEAL BECAUSE HE IS MY RIGHT LEG WHEN I AM TRAINING. JUST AS I WAS PUTTING HER BACK IN THE BARN LORI WAS COMING TO CHECK ON US AND IMPRESSED SHE WAS WITH MY DAY AND THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED AND BEFORE SHE LEFT US FOR THE NIGHT SHE DID A REIKKI (ENERGY) TREATMENT ON MJ"S LEFT SIDE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE HER MOST CHALLENGING SIDE . SO THANK U LORI AND WE WILL SEE U AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

FIRST TIME OUTSIDE IN SNOW !

ANOTHER DAY IN NORTHERN WI ZERO DEGREES WITH -30 WIND CHILL. WONDERFUL!! WELL I AM JUST HEADED OUT TO THE BARN TO SAY GOOD MORNIN TO MJ AND THE REST OF THE CLAN. IF THE WIND DOES NOT GET ANY WORSE I WILL SEE ABOUT TAKING MJ OUTSIDE IF NOT WE CAN ALWAYS SEE HOW SHE LIKES THE SADDLE AT THIS POINT, I HAVE ALREADY SHOWED IT TO HER AND LET IT TOUCH HER NECK, BUT DID NOT PUT IT ON HER BACK. SO I'LL SEE HOW THE DAY GOES!!!!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE TODAY. BABY STEPS ARE STILL PROGRESS AND PROGRESS IS ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR.

TODAY WENT REALLY WELL EXCEPT FOR THIS DARN WEATHER ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET A BREAK???? MJ DID AWESOME I ACTUALLY LEAD HER OUT OF HER PEN AND SHOWED HER THE BARN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTRODUCED HER TWO LINES WHICH SHE DID VERY WELL, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WILL BE OUTSIDE IF NOT WE WILL DEAL WITH IT GOD KNOWS THERE IS ALOT TO WORK ON. LOL

pic from today

I am really excited about today. I do not have to work and i can dedicate my whole weekend to MJ. Last night went really well i tried putting a turnout blanket on her and we would have been able to but it was an over the head one and I really did not want to push that issue since it took a while to get a halter on her. So I was able to touch her with it and lay it over her back without to much trouble and only an hour and a half. lol. Than I went in an ordered her a blanket with an opened front. Today we are going to venture out of the pen and maybe outside if all goes well and definitely new pics are in order and i will post them as soon as we get them.

DAY 14

I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK AND I AM ALL EXCITED TO WORK WITH MJ TODAY. JUST TO TELL A LITTLE ABOUT MJ SHE IS SIX YEARS OLD AND ABOUT 14.3 HANDS AND VERY SHY OF HUMANS. OUR PROGRESS HAS BEEN VERY SLOW,BUT LAST NIGHT WE MADE LEAPS AND BOUNDS OF PROGRESS. SHE NOW HAS A HALTER ON HER AND I ALSO PUT A SADDLE PAD ON HER AND WALKED HER AROUND THE PEN. SHE IS A VERY CURIOUS LITTLE GIRL AND LOVES A BLUE TARP, SHE PLAYS WITH IT ALL THE TIME. I AM VERY ANXIOUS TO TAKE HER OUT OF HER PEN AND EXPLORE THE BARN TOGETHER, MAYBE THIS WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW JUST GOING SLOW AND REALLY BUILDING HER TRUST WITH ME.

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