Bubbles for Drifty's Catalog of Acceptable Obstacles

When faced with something new, something not in her or his catalog of acceptable obstacles, a horse will almost always flee.

Here at Sweetgrass Ranch, we train our horses for Trail classes that often contain unusual and potentially scary items. So, we spend a good deal of time introducing them to all sorts of things like bridges, back throughs, livestock, umbrellas, balls, fishing poles, and yes, even bubbles.

By the end of the above session, Drifty was chasing bubbles and popping them with her muzzle. Bubbles had become part of Drifty's catalog as well as one more reason to trust Lorenzo.

Forging a working relationship with our horses, these truly magnificent creatures, is a miraculous process.