Freedom’s Gates Equestrian Center

Meet Kota!

Kota is in for a refresher. He likes to buck and be a boy in the sandbox, but he’s naturally good hearted and I’m excited to get him working.

We had our first ride yesterday and he tried to dethrone me after 3 steps (spoiler: it didn’t work) and we had a nice polite walk after that.

Arlo update:

Tarps really aren’t so bad! He’s still not keen on me picking up the tarp while we ride (he’s close!), but he’s no longer interested in big explosions on the ground when he’s scared. He stops, evaluates, sniffs, and calms.

Choctaw update!

Choctaw has been building SO MUCH trust in people. Yesterday he not only got to learn how to respond without fear to the whip and use it help direct him to the mounting block (self park here we come!), but he had 2 other people doing it beside me. In addition, he was so calm and trusting with us three that he fell asleep while being loved on for each one of us!

Arlo update!
He’s been working on desensitizing. He was doing really well and then when a storm came through on Thursday it set him back a bit, but yesterday he had some great breakthroughs and was actively exploring and searching out the things that were scary. On the right track again!