08/29/2026
🐴 RELIC’S 90-DAY BOOT CAMP: COMPLETE! 🐴
Relic officially finished his 90 days of Boot Camp!
Is he perfect? Nope. There’s still room for improvement, but I am incredibly happy with how far this horse has come.
When Relic arrived, it took nearly an hour just to unload him from the trailer. His hooves were severely overgrown because standing safely for the farrier had been a struggle. When he felt pressure, his answer was to run through it—and he was pretty convinced there was a boogeyman hiding in every corner. 😂
Relic didn’t need someone to overpower him.
He needed time. Patience. Consistency. And someone willing to listen to what his body language was saying.
Over the last 90 days, we worked on building his confidence, teaching him how to respond to pressure instead of escaping it, and helping him understand that he could look to his handler for guidance when something felt scary.
And little by little, the worried horse who arrived started making better choices.
There is still work to be done—and that’s okay. Good horse training isn’t about creating a “finished” horse in 90 days. It’s about giving that horse a stronger foundation and the tools to keep progressing.
Relic reminded me once again why I believe so strongly in working on the horse’s timeline, not ours.
Sometimes the biggest training breakthroughs happen when we stop asking, “How do I make him do this?” and start asking, “What is he trying to tell me?”
Good job, Relic.❤️🐴…….
And of course he had to lay in a manure pile before going home 🤦♀️
