Brain overload!

I have been watching the Pete Ramey DVD's and reading some of the articles on his website. Talk about brain over load!!

To tell you the truth before today I didn't think I would be able to make it! It was confusing and sounded difficult!! But this morning my mom and I sat down and started watching more of the DVD's. Things started to make sense and come together. We had to take a short break so I read another article off the website and that was really helpful.

I am started to see things in my horses feet that are interesting. I am now excited about it! I can hardly wait to learn more!! I ordered a book written by Jaime Jackson called "Horse Owners Guide to Natural Hoof Care" or something like that. Well it came in today!!!!! It looks AMAZING!! I flipped through it and am really excited about reading. Not that I need another book to read but it will be worth it.

 Anyways. That is all for now.
~K 

The picture says it all.....

          

Well the Pete Ramey "Under the Horse" DVD set has come. It arrived yesterday. I have watched the first two DVD's. It is a little bit confusing at parts but the articles on his website have been really helpful too. I am looking forward to watching more!!

Prince and Twosox have been doing really well with there feet. I have been able to pick up there feet. There is still a long way to go but they are a million times better already!!

~K

And so it begins...

Well today my dad ordered the Pete Ramey natural hoof trimming DVD's. So my journey begins. I am excited but at the same time a little scared. I just have to keep telling myself that God is in control and He will help me do a good job.

I worked on picking up Prince's feet today. His front feet are coming a long really well. He will let me hold them longer and let me pick them out, move them around etc. His back feet are worse though.We will get there. I took about 1 hour and 30 minutes today to work with them. It is a huge trust issue for Prince and I can understand that.

I am excited though. It should be fun and a new learning experience!!

~K

Progress!!

All four of the horses got their feet trimmed this past weekend. They all did really well!! Even Prince, who is normally a problem was almost perfect!!! So it was really nice to see that the work I did was paying off!!!

I was able to ask some questions to the lady that trims our horses and so I have a really good idea of what I will be doing when I start trimming them. She showed me what she was doing and why she was doing it. So that was good!!

Anyways. I am still trying to do something with the horses feet everyday. Some days I don't make it because it has been really rainy but they are getting so much better!!!

~K

With in the near future I want to learn how to trim my horses feet. So I have started getting them ready so that they will be really good with handling their feet. All four of our horses are pretty good with there feet but each one of them have "issues" [for lack of a better word].

So Lord willing I am going to go out every day for the next while and spend time with each horse, picking up their feet, rubbing their legs, and just getting them used to everything.

I have done this for two days now. I pretty much know each strategy that I am going to use with each horse.

- For my Left Brain Introvert I am going to hold his feet for a short time then let him have a rest and maybe some oats or something. Prince [my LBI] will pick up and hold his foot really nicely for a little bit but then he starts struggling and wants it back. Now with his back legs I have to play more friendly before I pick them up and then do the same thing, hold it for a little bit then put it back down. Each time I will hold each foot a little bit longer till he will let me hold it for a long time and let me move it around with out him struggling and pulling his foot back.

- For my Right Brain Introvert I am just going to spent a lot of time massaging his legs even before I pick them up. Especially his back legs!! As soon has I pick them up he gets worried and freezes. His front feet are pretty good but he still get worried after a while. So Twosox will probably be the easiest because once he gets more confident then he should do really well.

- My sister's Left Brain Extrovert will be a little more tricky. I have to be quick at first then gradually lengthen how long I am holding his feet. He gets bored SO easily so that should be fun!!

- My mom's Left Brain Introvert is really good with his feet. So I have to keep it interesting and advance it before he gets bored. His back feet are a little harder to pick up then his front feet but one you are holding it he is fine. With Knightly I have to work on the pick up of his feet. Once you are holding his feet he will let you hold it no problem but it is when you ask him to pick it up he can be a little more difficult.

So I have my work cut out for me but even though I have only been doing this two days I can already see a change!!! I it will be interesting to see what they are all like after 4-7 days.

~K