Saturday, April 23, 2011

April Obstacle Challenge






My name is Marlene Elliott and this is my second year in the RAC contest, however my first time blogging. My horse April is a 9 year old curly that I purchased from Sheryl D'Uva of Cozy Nook Curlies.






I was so excited to participate in the April obstacle challenge. My April is a dream, however her only bad trait is that she tends to be a bit spooky over strange objects, especially the tarp. You can see by the picture that she is hesitant. We worked so hard on this obstacle and she has done very well. She will walk calmly over the tarp and does not panic if it becomes entangled around her legs. She will even allow us to place it on her back! That was a huge improvement. We even practiced chasing the tarp. She finally caught it with her front feet.





This picture is of some streamers that I hung from the top of our round pen gate. As you can see, she was more interested in eating them then anything else!


This challenge has been a blast! Thank you so much for allowing us to participate!





6 comments:

  1. Hi Marlene, welcome to blogging, April is lovely! I'm so glad to see people out there with the challenge. It has done nothing but cold rain here in Connecticut all month!

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  2. Thank you! It has been very cold and rainy here in Washington state as well. This was our first sunny day so we took advantage of it.

    We are having so much fun with this contest....can't wait for more challenges!

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  3. Marlene, great post!!! April is beautiful, and congratulations on your tarp success!

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  4. April looks great with the tarp, great job in getting her so confident with it! Hope to read more about your Curly!

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  5. Welcome Marlene,
    So nice to meet you and your Curly friend. April is beautiful. Looking forward to hearing more about your RAC adventures. Angie

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  6. Welcome Marlene. You and your Curly look wonderfull. Hope to see more of you both

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