Personal Narrative: Dragons Lair Eclair

Life handed me lemons, but I could not make lemonade. May of 2016 I decided to go with a Black Angus heifer who was not people friendly. This heifer was beyond ready to kill me or one of my siblings. Once we realized she was too crazy, we took her back and went the complete opposite direction. I was so excited to bring home eight hundred pound Princess Belle the Charolais heifer. Within a few short days Belle was walking on a halter, cleaning up eight pounds twice a day,

April has been riding for over 25 years she started when she was only 9 years old only riding in playdays later one went to high school rodeos. April later on moved to southern California where she was starting two year olds and successfully competing at training levels. In 2005 April found out that she was meant for barrel racing that’s where her heart was and to this day that is where her heart is still at. She is a dedicated barrel racer goes to every single race around her and does the best she can to beat her fastest time. “April won a multitude of buckles, awards, and over $63,00 in barrel racing earnings. She and Atlas won titles at a few pro rodeos, along with many open barrel races and set a handful of arena records”(Baker Equine Promotions) April decided to start to held clinics in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa. She gives lessons, trains outside horses and brokers horses as

properly to send signals to her brain that she needs to walk. Gretel did not have any help

When it was about a week before the track meet, Chloe’s leg started to get much better. Chloe was able to walk on her own and in a few days, was even able to run. Her leg continued getting better and better until she was pretty much ready to run in the track meet.

She jumps into my lap, even though she is almost as big as I am. She then jumps off and runs to grab her rope hinting to me that she wants to play. She follows me around the house with the rope dangling from her mouth until I begin to tug at the rope. Keba

I have two miniature horses, which are part of our family. Little Foot was born here and Chino was bought, when my oldest was born. Chino was five years old when we bought him and is now almost 21. Little Chino’s real name is Cappuccino, but we call him Chino for short. He has made the biggest impact on our family.

Make sure the repetition is being performed at the same speed and range of motion

There have been too many times to count where a horse has taught me a lesson whether it be in the saddle or on the ground. But there are a few horses that have taught me lessons that I'll never forget. Specifically, there was one mare who was named Molly she is a twenty-year-old Saddlebred that was an ex-park horse. Like most stereotypical mares, Molly was more than just challenging to get around with on the ground and in the saddle. Under saddle as soon as you put your foot in the stirrup and pressed any weight into the stirrup you better be prepared to swing your leg over and ride because she was off at the canter or a trot. There was no such thing as a flat walk, nor did you get to choose the gait you rode, it seemed every second of

On Monday, we continue to do the floor stretches which it helps me a lot because I feel that I am stretched well enough to do anything. After the stretches we all went to the side to practice pique turns. I kept spotting the whole time, so I won’t get dizzy when I was turning. We also tried our right and left leaps across the room. Then we tried the open side leap in which I master, but I still have to bring it higher like the rest of my classmates.

For the first few months I was having a rough time just because she was being too much of a baby instead of taking the training seriously. Than around July she sliced her chin open and needed stiches, laying her up for about 2 months until she was fully healed because where the stiches were located was in the same location any headpiece would sit on her

When moving her, I make sure I have the correct equipment i.e. hoist and body sling which |

I knew since Caddy was hurt i was going to have work my hardest to get her better. I also knew i was going to have to rodeo on my backup horse JB. She was fast and competitive but she wasn't the same as Caddy.I struggled for few months trying to learn how to make a clean run without any mistakes.I spent many of summer nights riding JB at 10pm just trying to make a perfect barrel run.And trust me it was a tough couple of months and some dissapointing rodeos but i finally figured out how i needed to ride JB.A couple of months later i was able to ride caddy again.It took a while to get her running hard agin but i worked hard with her and I never gave

There are many biomechanical actions that happen over very short times during equine locomotion that make gait analysis difficult to evaluate using normal diagnostic tools (Clayton, 1993).

First, the best thing to do is lunge, it’s best if you have a round pin so they can’t go anywhere, or pull away from you; get a halter with the metal rings and get a lunge line about 25 or so feet, but when you lunge, start out with only a little bit of lunge line, then progress up to the whole 25 feet, and make sure the lunge line has a clip on the end to hook it on the halter, and if you have to, get a lunge whip,

The ideal time to ride came rolling around at approximately six o’clock, when a chilly breeze picked up. Unprepared and starting to shiver, my older sister notified us that she was going to grab her coat from the house. She left my younger sister and I to deal with the horses which was easy, or so we thought that it was. Assuming that it was going to be an effortless task, I took my attention gradually away from the horses, and commenced a conversation with my sister. Totally forgetting about what I was supposed to be doing, I did not perceive that Dexter spooked and pulled back on the board that he was attached to. Turning around and seeing him rear up on his hind feet, shocked me and I froze. My mind went blank for a second, and when it came back, Dexter was darting so rapidly you would assume a bear was chasing him. I could see the fear in his eyes. He was terrified of the post he was dragging behind him. Not knowing what to do, I immediately yelled at the top of my lungs for my older sister. Never in my life has my heart beated so fast. Freaking out, panicking, stressing out, I attempted to grab Dexter’s lead rope, but him being a thoroughbred caused an issue. He was too quick for me to even get near him. I knew I had to something to calm him down, I didn’t want him to get hurt. This horse means the world to my sister, and I want to slow him down