Alice
Meet Alice she is a Rescue mare with not much known about her history. She is easily one of the most challenging horses we have ever had in our program. She is very reactive and instinctual, she has lightning fast reactions and can be quite power with them. We’ve seen her offer Fight, Flight and Freeze when presented with every day situations. She is going to be a challenge but we look forward to building her confidence in humans.
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Video Description
Week 1 (12:08) – Building Trust
Alice is very hesitant to be handled or haltered, so working on building trust with her and seeing what causes her stress and helping her overcome her anxiety.
Week 3 (18:48) – Establishing Boundaries
Working with Alice to get her to respect my personal Boundaries and starting to expose her to the environmental pressure from the whip for desensitization.
Week 4 – Part 1 (9:52) – Confidence with Touch
Helping Alice get more comfortable with the rope touching her body in different places (she is very sensitive to anything around her legs or from her withers back and can act quite forcefully and quick to the lightest touch).
Week 4 – Part 2 (10:33) – Confidence with Touch
Helping Alice get more comfortable with the rope touching her body in different places (she is very sensitive to anything around her legs or from her withers back and can act quite forcefully and quick to the lightest touch).
Week 5 (26:06) – Continuing to Build Confidence with Touch
Working on those “yeah, but, no, don’t” spots with Alice using the lash on the Lunge Whip.
Week 6 (18:36) – Continuing to Build Confidence with Touch
Working on those “yeah, but, no, don’t” spots with Alice using the lash on the Lunge Whip.
Week 7 (20:55) – Continuing to Build Confidence with Touch
Working on handling Alice’s legs.
Week 8 (7:36) – Fly Spray
Getting Alice confident with Fly Spray (to treat the lice we found on her).
Week 9 (17:26) – Handling, Yielding and Circling
Alice has made some great leaps in her training and is coming along really nicely as she gains more trust and understanding of pressure.
Week 10 (14:52) – Finding Relaxation
Working with Alice to find relaxation on the circle with transitions. Not getting stuck in Park or in Second Gear.
Week 12 (21:53) – Bareback Pad Introduction
Tacking with the bareback pad for the first time.
Week 14 (22:22) – Tarp Crossing
Working with Alice to find relaxation and confidence to cross some plastic without reacting. She gets very worried when “things” touch her legs. So working on exposing her more to this kind of feeling.