Belle's Loading, Equine Photography

Yesterday and today it took Belle three seconds to get in the trailer. I'm so proud of her... We even did the "in the trailer dance" as my friend Bernie calls it--that's when you ask the horse to take three steps forward and three steps back, just move around the trailer, get used to the sounds of her hoofs on the floor and so forth. She was an absolute star! Perhaps it was because she knew I had horse treats in my pocket, but I only rewarded her when she was in the trailer and standing next to me. Not only does she load, but she self-load. I just point to the trailer and she gets in! We repeated it about three times, and that was the end of today's training session.

It was a hot day but even so, I worked all three horses. By the end I needed a three hour nap. Volare, who's my old guy, felt very energetic, but he was the third horse I worked so I was pretty bushed by then.

Tomorrow I start an equine photography workshop. It's online, and I'm charging up my camera batteries now. I'm excited to learn more about my camera and practice under some professional tutelage. I've already learned how to resize photos (and class hasn't even started yet). I'm looking forward to the critiques.

Perhaps I'll post some of the assignments here.