Freedom's Training Journal

missa · 08-06-2008, 08:00 PM

This is the training journal on Freedom, a yearling blm mustang. I adopted her on 8/1/2008.
Day 1: unloaded her into her pen, wormed her

Day 2: hosed down, brushed down, bridle path cut, will stand while I hold the lead
Day 3: worked on leading and turning

Day 4: introduced her to horsie cookies, they were a big hit

Day 5: took the drag off of her

Day 6: took her out of her pen for a walk, spooked a few times but remained under control with the leadline.

So far she has been an excellent student and is very much a love bug.

AngelPA · 08-06-2008, 08:07 PM

what's a drag?

I don't know anything about the mustangs except that they are increidable.

I love reading trainig journels, so keep it going!

missa · 08-06-2008, 08:45 PM

a drag it when you leave the lead rope attached to the halter for them to 'drag' so they step on it and learn to give to preasure

missa · 08-07-2008, 09:36 PM

Today we worked on her letting me pet her all the way down her legs in preperation for teaching her to give her hooves. We also worked on lunging since she likes to circle me to avoid leading. It is kinda funny she will lead one minute and then act like she has never done it before. I get the feeling she is seeing what I will let her get away with, cause she isn't acting like she is spooked or scared.

missa · 08-08-2008, 06:06 PM

Today we practiced our leading in the yard and a little bit of lunging. I also turned her loose in the yard, with a drag on, to see how she would handle the larger area. She sniffed around a bit and then decided that the big, green, plastic teeter totter (the big plastic ones by fisher price) looked like a fun thing to play with. She picked it up by one of the handles then dropped it. It was cute. I caught her again and put her back in her pen. So all in all a good day and one step closer to being put in the larger yard.

missa · 08-10-2008, 07:21 PM

Had to miss working with Freedom yesterday because of my riding accident and it showed today. She was spooking at my every move and wouldn't come to me, not even for a horsie cookie. So I just sat in her pen for awhile and let her get used to me being there again. When she finally came over I gave her a cookie and put her lead on. We again took a walk around the yard. I let her eat some of the yummy green vines that are growing throught the fence. For todays lesson I decided to try line lunging her without the benefit of her pen walls. She lunged both ways at a walk. I am so proud of her and how willing she is. I am hoping to be able to let her loose in the yard soon so she can have more room but with how things started today I feel I need to wait another couple of days. She has leading down pat.

SirenAlecto · 08-12-2008, 03:55 PM

She sounds like she's progressing wonderfully! Good luck, can't wait for more updates!

missa · 08-12-2008, 06:29 PM

Thanks.
She is officially out of her intial pen and into the back yard. She seems to enjoy the extra room and hasn't 'tried' the fence. She is letting me catch her fairly easily. Still need work on the catching but leading and lunging at a walk we have down. We have had rain most of the day for two days now so it has slowed how much I am out with her.

missa · 08-20-2008, 11:34 AM

Continued rain here. I feel like I need to build an ark or something. I have been working on catching with Freedom in between rain showers. She nickers to me everytime she sees me and is approaching me willingly. Had a slight set back a few days ago. The neighbors had a party all nite and when I went out to feed and hay Freedom the next morning she was totally freaked out. I tried to walk up to her and catch her, like I had been doing for days, but she wouldn't let me catch her. She went over to the fence and pushed on it. Of course the fence didn't move, so she tried to jump it. She ended up flipping over it. So the great task of trying to catch her while she was spooked. I knew just trying to catch her without an aid of somesort would be pointless from the experence of trying to catch her in the yard. But I knew her weakness. I haltered Moon and led him out to the lot she had ran into. She followed Moon right back into her pen. She was still easily spooked and me even trying to put hay into her pen make her shake. I gave her a hour to calm down and went out and sat outside of her pen and talked to her. She finally calmed down enough for me to catch her and put a drag back on her. She is still not back to where we were but we are working on it. I don't know what happend that nite to spook her so bad for so long but it has set us back to the beginning again other than she still will nicker to me. I let her out of the pen back into the yard after she calmed down and I had made adjustments to the fence to make it taller. So I am starting from scratch on her training.

missa · 08-22-2008, 08:25 PM

Today Freedom got her first 'walk' out of the yard. We went to the lot next door and let her graze. She jumped a little at the new sounds and sights but handled it well.

HorseLVR · 08-22-2008, 08:39 PM

I love your training journal. You are doing a great job and Freedom seems to be getting quite attached to you already. I can't wait to hear more.

Crookedblaze · 08-22-2008, 08:57 PM

Aww the first walk, how fun!

It sounds like she is doing really good. I can't wait to hear in a few weeks how much progress shes made!

missa · 08-23-2008, 02:34 PM

She is coming along really well. She is an absolute love bug. She will be starting trailer training and have her first vet visit the first week of Sept. Time for shots and a check up. So to prepare her for the experience of a vet office, we are starting to take walks out of the yard and down the road (which isn't very busy). The vets office is right next to a hiway and train tracks, so I want to try to get her used to at least the sound of cars close to her.

missa · 08-25-2008, 06:28 PM

Today was just more leading and practicing standing tied. I was the post

. She did wonderful on both accounts. Still a little iffy on catching at times but getting better.

missa · 09-01-2008, 12:03 PM

Lots of progress. Freedom loaded in my two horse like a champion. She is on a full acre pasture now and will be on a three acre pasture in October. She is getting good at standing tied and I even put her on a high line so she could graze the lot next door (she was supervised the whole time). I also banded her mane in the diamond pattern. It bothered her just after I was done because she is used to her mane being on both sides of her neck but she settled quickly. I have pics of it but can't post til my internet is back up from me moving.

missa · 09-08-2008, 09:35 PM

Pic of Freedom's mane done up pretty.

**gbarmranch** · 09-08-2008, 09:44 PM

She doesn't look very happy about her new do.. but she looks lovely in it.. great job missa..

missa · 09-09-2008, 05:53 AM

She didn't mind me doing it but when I was done she was a little prancy. I guess the feel of it got to her. I am trying to train her mane to stay on one side of her neck.

missa · 09-11-2008, 09:44 PM

Freedom is doing well on the acre. She hasn't been spooky or antsy since moving her there away from the partying neighbors. She also has been letting me catch her. I think she is going to be more than ready for the three acre pasture in Oct.

scrapchick · 09-17-2008, 07:56 PM

How's Freedom doing? Still got her new 'do??

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08-06-2008, 08:00 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Freedom's Training Journal This is the training journal on Freedom, a yearling blm mustang. I adopted her on 8/1/2008. Day 1: unloaded her into her pen, wormed her Day 2: hosed down, brushed down, bridle path cut, will stand while I hold the lead Day 3: worked on leading and turning Day 4: introduced her to horsie cookies, they were a big hit Day 5: took the drag off of her Day 6: took her out of her pen for a walk, spooked a few times but remained under control with the leadline. So far she has been an excellent student and is very much a love bug. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-06-2008, 08:07 PM
AngelPA Weanling Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PA Posts: 380	Great Job! what's a drag? I don't know anything about the mustangs except that they are increidable. I love reading trainig journels, so keep it going!

08-06-2008, 08:45 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	a drag it when you leave the lead rope attached to the halter for them to 'drag' so they step on it and learn to give to preasure __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-07-2008, 09:36 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Today we worked on her letting me pet her all the way down her legs in preperation for teaching her to give her hooves. We also worked on lunging since she likes to circle me to avoid leading. It is kinda funny she will lead one minute and then act like she has never done it before. I get the feeling she is seeing what I will let her get away with, cause she isn't acting like she is spooked or scared. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-08-2008, 06:06 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Today we practiced our leading in the yard and a little bit of lunging. I also turned her loose in the yard, with a drag on, to see how she would handle the larger area. She sniffed around a bit and then decided that the big, green, plastic teeter totter (the big plastic ones by fisher price) looked like a fun thing to play with. She picked it up by one of the handles then dropped it. It was cute. I caught her again and put her back in her pen. So all in all a good day and one step closer to being put in the larger yard. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-10-2008, 07:21 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Had to miss working with Freedom yesterday because of my riding accident and it showed today. She was spooking at my every move and wouldn't come to me, not even for a horsie cookie. So I just sat in her pen for awhile and let her get used to me being there again. When she finally came over I gave her a cookie and put her lead on. We again took a walk around the yard. I let her eat some of the yummy green vines that are growing throught the fence. For todays lesson I decided to try line lunging her without the benefit of her pen walls. She lunged both ways at a walk. I am so proud of her and how willing she is. I am hoping to be able to let her loose in the yard soon so she can have more room but with how things started today I feel I need to wait another couple of days. She has leading down pat. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-12-2008, 03:55 PM
SirenAlecto Halter broke Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 130	She sounds like she's progressing wonderfully! Good luck, can't wait for more updates!

08-12-2008, 06:29 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Thanks. She is officially out of her intial pen and into the back yard. She seems to enjoy the extra room and hasn't 'tried' the fence. She is letting me catch her fairly easily. Still need work on the catching but leading and lunging at a walk we have down. We have had rain most of the day for two days now so it has slowed how much I am out with her. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-20-2008, 11:34 AM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Continued rain here. I feel like I need to build an ark or something. I have been working on catching with Freedom in between rain showers. She nickers to me everytime she sees me and is approaching me willingly. Had a slight set back a few days ago. The neighbors had a party all nite and when I went out to feed and hay Freedom the next morning she was totally freaked out. I tried to walk up to her and catch her, like I had been doing for days, but she wouldn't let me catch her. She went over to the fence and pushed on it. Of course the fence didn't move, so she tried to jump it. She ended up flipping over it. So the great task of trying to catch her while she was spooked. I knew just trying to catch her without an aid of somesort would be pointless from the experence of trying to catch her in the yard. But I knew her weakness. I haltered Moon and led him out to the lot she had ran into. She followed Moon right back into her pen. She was still easily spooked and me even trying to put hay into her pen make her shake. I gave her a hour to calm down and went out and sat outside of her pen and talked to her. She finally calmed down enough for me to catch her and put a drag back on her. She is still not back to where we were but we are working on it. I don't know what happend that nite to spook her so bad for so long but it has set us back to the beginning again other than she still will nicker to me. I let her out of the pen back into the yard after she calmed down and I had made adjustments to the fence to make it taller. So I am starting from scratch on her training. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-22-2008, 08:25 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Today Freedom got her first 'walk' out of the yard. We went to the lot next door and let her graze. She jumped a little at the new sounds and sights but handled it well. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-22-2008, 08:39 PM
HorseLVR Yearling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Robertsdale,Alabama Posts: 682	I love your training journal. You are doing a great job and Freedom seems to be getting quite attached to you already. I can't wait to hear more.

08-22-2008, 08:57 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,447	Aww the first walk, how fun! It sounds like she is doing really good. I can't wait to hear in a few weeks how much progress shes made! __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

08-23-2008, 02:34 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	She is coming along really well. She is an absolute love bug. She will be starting trailer training and have her first vet visit the first week of Sept. Time for shots and a check up. So to prepare her for the experience of a vet office, we are starting to take walks out of the yard and down the road (which isn't very busy). The vets office is right next to a hiway and train tracks, so I want to try to get her used to at least the sound of cars close to her. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

08-25-2008, 06:28 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Today was just more leading and practicing standing tied. I was the post . She did wonderful on both accounts. Still a little iffy on catching at times but getting better. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

09-01-2008, 12:03 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Lots of progress. Freedom loaded in my two horse like a champion. She is on a full acre pasture now and will be on a three acre pasture in October. She is getting good at standing tied and I even put her on a high line so she could graze the lot next door (she was supervised the whole time). I also banded her mane in the diamond pattern. It bothered her just after I was done because she is used to her mane being on both sides of her neck but she settled quickly. I have pics of it but can't post til my internet is back up from me moving. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

09-08-2008, 09:35 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Pic of Freedom's mane done up pretty. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

09-08-2008, 09:44 PM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,233	She doesn't look very happy about her new do.. but she looks lovely in it.. great job missa.. __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

09-09-2008, 05:53 AM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	She didn't mind me doing it but when I was done she was a little prancy. I guess the feel of it got to her. I am trying to train her mane to stay on one side of her neck. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

09-11-2008, 09:44 PM
missa Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: oklahoma Posts: 835	Freedom is doing well on the acre. She hasn't been spooky or antsy since moving her there away from the partying neighbors. She also has been letting me catch her. I think she is going to be more than ready for the three acre pasture in Oct. __________________ Rainbow-93 grey arab mare, Ruby- 01 black bay morgan x mare, Moon- 08 grey arab x colt, Freedom-07 bay mustang filly, Sammy-02 grey mustang gelding, Trigger-07 palimino gelding

09-17-2008, 07:56 PM
scrapchick Seasoned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 4,838	How's Freedom doing? Still got her new 'do?? __________________ Better living through chemistry.