Spring is Here!

Wow! It has been almost 2 months since my last post. I have been very busy bringing up Velvet. All has been rather well. No horse catastrophes so far. Velvet suffered a small cut on her hind leg and it seems to be healing well. I have suffered from a few nips, but that is becoming a thing of the past and tonight when I was training Velvet she stepped right on my foot. Ouch! Velvet has grown and changed so much. She is on her third round of shedding. Since she has been here she has gone from bay to an almost white Grey color and now she is roaning into her summer coat. The in between stages were funny.

Velvet is now about 14 hands and almost 1 year old. Her trust in me is improving greatly. We were having hoof lifting/holding issues, but this seems to be improving greatly. She seemed to be missing trust, but since she has come around she is like a different horse. We have been working on training "over", "Side"(my cue for her to move only her front legs sideways), picking up objects, "Yes" and "No". We did a little lunging and play follow the leader around the field, at last I am the leader! lol! I used to follow her around the pasture. I am excited that she is a quick learner and look forward to trick training her this year.

Velvet has become a life saver for me and I cannot begin to say how much enjoyment I get from her presence.