Rosanna

After doing the basic ground work with Rosanna over the past few weeks I decided to send her to a man who does the easy braking type of training i.e. Dennis Reis or Clinton Anderson. This morning was her first lesson. Marty did all the basic ground work and desensitizing first then introduced some front hobbles. There was very little resistance from Rosanna. He followed this with saddling her from both sides which did scare her a tiny bit. After the saddle was secure on her back he asked her to lunge. She did a couple of rounds mildly bucking then settled in to her circle going left. She did not buck at all going left. Then Marty mounted and after a minute or two of finding her balance he urged her forward. She broke into a nice trot and when asked she loped she was able to do this both directions Very impressive for her first day! It was a lot for her to absorb but when we put her back in her turn out she just went to her hay pile and began eating. I don't think she will have to stay long there. Stay tuned!