My son has been diligently working away with his mustang.
Slowly but surely he had advanced to being able to touch him all over with a pole. Put his halter &
lead rope on & off. And lead him. Doesn't seem like much but it was progress.
Then, last week, something amazing happened.
Due to the unending generosity of old friends, my son was able to take Little Joe to a Brian Neubert Clinic.
Now, if you aren't familiar with Brian, Google him.
He's an amazing horseman who was trained by the Dorrance brothers & worked with Ray Hunt.
If you are familiar with the horse world at all you recognize those names!
The clinic was 5 days of intense colt starting techniques.
The kids & I drove down to watch on the last day & I was thrilled with his progress!
WARNING: this blog post may be a little photo heavy...
He didn't lead like this & neither one of them had the confidence in each other that they show here before the clinic...
Scary car wash type tarp strips ~ easy peasy!
Scary blue tarp monster? No problem!
Loud, clompy wooden bridge? I got this.
Bringing in the cows for the horsemanship part of the clinic.
Mr. Calm Cool & Collected
The man himself Brian Neubert
NJ doing Brian a favor by holding his horse.
LOOK!!! He's saddled!
Other attendees working cows.
WOW!
Hooked on & following his boy...
Watching the cow work.
Before the clinic Joe was terrified of cowboy hats. He wouldn't come near you if you were wearing one. Now he's a stylish hat wearing dude.
Bridled.
Brian working with our friends horse.
That scary blue tarp monster has nothing on me...
Look at that folks! He's riding!
Brian brought the boys out to do some cow work & pet the Hereford. Her name was April.
I had waited weeks & weeks to get my hands on Joe & I finally got my chance!
Brian teaching Joe about the wonders of grain...clearly his horse was already well acquainted with it.
NJ finally got to give Joe some love too.
The whole clinic was am amazing experience & it fast forwarded Joe's training schedule by leaps & bounds.
If you ever have the opportunity to attend one of Brian's clinic don't miss it!
Blessings.
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