Black Nellie - 2011 foal
Nellie is a black filly out of Blue Angel and by Mr. Marcum (Mr. Marcum won the 2008 RMHA International Stallion Championship) She has wonderful conformation - she's going to look like her sire when she's grown! Homozygous for black - so will never throw a red foal.
VIDEOS!!!
The first video below is of Nellie's ground work so far (4/8/12). Here are the things you will see:
- Light round penning. I ask her to change directions by turning into me (she turns wrong and gets corrected) then I ask her to come into me and follow me when I move.
- Yield the hindquarters. Also yield, turn & face me.
- Backing up with the following methods: tapping the air, waving the stick, wiggle the rope, marching (her first marching experience), backing off halter pressure and pressure to her chest.
- Yield hindquarters by touching her hip.
- Yielding the forequarters (asking her to step across her front foot). This is her first day at this, second session in the video.
- First day for very light lunging - basically I want her to move forward off the halter pressure, then yield & face me.
4/8/12 The video below shows her desensitizing exercises. You will see:
- Throwing the rope around her.
- Stick & String on her & whipping the ground
- Plastic bag on a string
- Tarp (this is her first day meeting the tarp, second session)
- Spray bottle (first day)
- Picking up feet
- Bucket therapy
2/25/13 I haven't played with Nellie all winter - today it was in the 50's so I thought I'd get out and see how she did. You will see her send between me & the stall walls - she doesn't mind the tight space, in & out of the stalls, backing in & out of a stall, C-Pattern across the yard, walk the plank, go over the logs, go through a narrow space between the barrels and lunge around a small gully and the creek.
