Gareth and I have been working very hard to overcome our on-camera phobias, so have been videoing every session we can in order that being filmed does not affect our behaviour! We have made great progress with this and although not entirely 'cured' we were able to successfully film our level 2 online auditions showing something resembling our usual play sessions. So here they are......
Gareth's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0kw7cPTJHI
Darna's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XcEzOy_urE
And the great news is that we have had our results and we both passed! Gareth was very happy with his 2+ result which sets him up to start concentrating on level 3 play and I was really pleased with my 2++ which has given me the confidence to video my level 3 online audition in the very near future!
So stay tuned as there is more to come........
Sadly, Notchez will not be staying and joining our herd. After a month of some really great relationship building, we decided we would like to keep him and that it was time to introduce him to the her Unfortunately, we have been unable to get him to settle in our mixed herd and therefore he cannot stay. So the call to the owner has been made and Notchez will be leaving us.
Although it is sad that we couldn't make things work with Notchez and our herd, I have had a great time playing with a different horsenality and hopefully Notchez has become more confident around humans and will find trailer loading less stressful in the future.
So Bon Voyage Notchez! Hopefully you will find that perfect home very soon.....
Well it has taken some time, okay, a lot of time, but we finally have the horses out on the new permanent track!
It is not the finished article, we still need to compact the earth more and finish the second string of electric wire, but it's good enough to use, so we're using it!
Here's a journey around the track, hopefully giving you a sense of the journey the horses will experience........
So far we have a boulder section, an experimental crushed tiles section, the sand pit (which is a bit grassed over at the moment!) and the stone-crunching-hoof-creating gravel section. Any ideas for further hoof conditioning surfaces gratefully received!
Whinney wondering what all the fuss is about!
Dilly enjoying a scratch whilst sporting his new string!
Yeah! Gareth and I received our red strings (and pin and certificate) to confirm our Level 1 passes!
We have already done the Pretzel Knot in celebration, but want to wait for sunshine to get photos with our horses sporting them.
So Level 2, here we come......
