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You did it! Create an activity log for your horse that describes some of the great skills and traits they now have that make them even more ready for adoption! Feel free to add notes about what you hope to keep building on too. Thank you for everything you have done to help this horse succeed in his/her future home! Bonus points if you share a video of all your new skills to the Facebook group! Try to keep it around 3 minutes, or the length of one song to help it upload easier.

Upload a photo of your horse traveling on a circle with slack in the lead rope, or with slack in the reins. . If you choose to show this on the ground, ideally your horse would be wearing a saddle for this too!! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Circling" Purpose. This video is focused on riding, but you can do all the same maneuvers from the ground too. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse traveling going backward or slowing down. This can be tricky to catch in a photo, but the key is to show us how you are woking with your horse to help them feel confident speeding up and slowing down. Ideally, they would be wearing a saddle for this too!! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Transitions" Purpose. This video is focused on riding, but you can do all the same exercises from the ground too. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse yielding their hind end or front end while wearing a saddle, surcingle, etc. Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "HQ FQ Lead Back" Purpose or the "HQ FQ Yields" Purpose. This video is focused on riding, but you can do all the same exercises from the ground too. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse improving their ability to stand quietly to mount before going for a ride! FNeed help? Check out the video lessons in the "Mounting" Purpose. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse preparing for riding with the reins! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Two-Line Driving" Purpose. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse being better prepared for the saddle. Your horse might be wearing a saddle, or just allowing you to place the lead rope over their back. The key is progress! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Saddling Preparations" Purpose. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of your horse coming up to you while you sit on the fence or stand on the mounting block! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Up to the Fence" Purpose. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of that shows your horse improving their trailer loading because you can send them in the trailer while you remain sitting in a chair! Or better yet, can you load them without a halter on? How still can you keep your feet? Show us your best! For bonus points, share your pic to the facebook group! Need help? Check out the video lessons in the "Liberty Trailer Loading" Purpose. Need more help? Send us a video for coaching.

Upload a photo of you with the horse you will be participating in this Advanced Challenge with. For bonus points, share your pic to the facebook group and tell us what you are hoping to accomplish over the next 60 days. What will be hard? What do you think will be easy?

Complete this challenge when you can successfully send a horse out and over, under, or through an obstacle that is 10 feet away from you - all without moving your feet or the horse pulling on the rope.

Pick an object or obstacle that is directly to your left, and placed about 10' away from you. Complete this challenge when you can have a horse that is facing you, standing straight out in front of you, and you can send them out and to the right to put a nose or foot on the object placed to your right. If you are the center of a clock. The horse is at 12 O'Clock and you are sending them to 9 O'clock.

Complete this challenge when you have successfully sent your horse out and over/under/through at least 5 obstacles. Be sure to include a Tarp, Jump, and Gate. Remember, it only counts if the horse goes directly through the middle!

Complete this challenge when you have successfully sent your horse out and over/under/through at least 5 obstacles. Be sure to include a Tarp, Jump, and Gate. Remember, it only counts if the horse goes directly through the middle!

Complete this challenge when you can successfully send a horse out for a full lap to the right - all without moving your feet, the horse pulling on the rope, or stopping during the lap. Remember, when a horse stops, it's great practice to send them out again. You just can't complete this challenge until they stay out there for a full lap to show you they are committed to going where you pointed them.

Complete this challenge when you can successfully send a horse out and over, under, or through an obstacle that is 10 feet away from you - all without moving your feet or the horse pulling on the rope.

Pick an object or obstacle that is directly to your right, and placed about 10' away from you. Complete this challenge when you can have a horse that is facing you, standing straight out in front of you, and you can send them out and to the right to put a nose or foot on the object placed to your right. If you are the center of a clock. The horse is at 12 O'Clock and you are sending them to 3 O'clock.

Share a picture on the FB group of a horse that has improved their catching and/or haltering since the start of the program. Congratulations!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/HSUSForeverFoundation/

Compete this challenge when you have been able to easily use a nose bag for a week straight with the horse assigned to this challenge. Remember to have them participate in putting it on and taking it off, just as you would a halter.

Successfully complete this challenge when you are able to complete the HQ, FQ, Lead and Backing exercises with the horse that was previously uncatchable or difficult to catch.

Complete this challenge when you can smoothly transitions from a full HQ Yield to a full FQ Yield, Backing 10 Steps and then trotting off for 20 steps. Ideally, this is all done with lightness.

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully back 10 steps away from you with the application of steady pressure. Ideally, the pressure is light enough that you only have to press on the hair or skin, but not the muscle or bone.

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully back 10 steps away from you with just your intention.

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can trot off the feel of the halter and lead rope when leading them forward. Add a short video, (30 seconds or less) to the training activity that shows them going from a stand still to trotting when you lead them. Ideally, they trot for at least 10 ft.

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Forequarters a full 360 degree rotation to the right with steady pressure. Ideally, the steady pressure does not require more than 4oz of strength (enough pressure to apply on the hair or skin, but not the muscle or bone)

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Forequarters a full 360 degree rotation to the left with steady pressure. Ideally, the steady pressure does not require more than 4oz of strength (enough pressure to apply on the hair or skin, but not the muscle or bone)

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Hindquarters a full 360 degree rotation to the left with steady pressure. Ideally, the steady pressure does not require more than 4oz of strength (enough on the hair or skin, but not the muscle or bone)

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Hindquarters a full 360 degree rotation to the right with steady pressure. Ideally, the steady pressure does not require more than 4oz of strength (enough on the hair or skin, but not the muscle or bone)

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Forequarters a full 360 degree rotation to the right with just your intention.

Complete this challenge when the horse assigned to this purpose can successfully yield their Forequarters a full 360 degree rotation to the left with just your intention.

Catching, over obstacles, sending into round pen free lounging all 3 gaits

Add a picture to a training log of a horse that is assigned to you of a correctly tied clove hitch. The lead rope can be attached to a real horse (if the horse is ready for this exercise) or it can be attached to an empty halter if you are doing this as a simulation with a "Volunteer" horse.

Sending thru gates and around obstacles, yielding hips, backing thru L shaped poles, picking up feet

Yielding hips, flexing right, left and horizontally. Backing thru obstacles, sending right and left. Grooming and picking up feet

Yielding hips, sending right and left, walking over obstacles, grooming and picking up feet

Over obstacles, yielding hips, flexing, sending right and left good stops, no walking off today. Worked on picking feet after grooming

In pen, successfully got her up safely from lying down, and haltered, after she caught me. Walked over obstacles, yielded hips left and right, flexed left and right and horizontally. Sent left and right with help, groomed and worked on picking up feet.

Add a picture to a training log of a horse that is assigned to you of a correctly tied advanced halter knot.

Successfully complete this challenge when you are able to add a picture of a horse that is participating in the haltering process. Ideally, this is a horse that you have been progressing through this purpose with and is one that was previously uncatchable or difficult to catch.

Catching, haltering, yielding hips and fore quarters, backing, and response to lead rope softness and grooming Flexing and desensitizing

Add a short video (30 seconds or less) to the training activity that shows the horse assigned to this purpose being properly unaltered.

Post a picture to the FB group of a horse that you feel is ready to tie. https://www.facebook.com/groups/714145648627452/

Post a picture to the Forever Foundation FB Page of your tidy tools Halter & Lead Rope, Stick and String, Longer Lead Rope. https://www.facebook.com/groups/HSUSForeverFoundation/ If you don't have access to the group, email info@CarterRanchHorse.com with the email you have your FB account set up with.

Catching, leading over obstacles, yielding hind quarters, attempting fore quarters, we did left, not as good right. Flexing right and left, backing with leadrope, very little pressure. First time thru round pen gate, we both mainly me need more work to do this quietly. When in round pen, sent left and right fairly well. Again I need to be better with cues

Calm haltering and doing gates with no back-up. Leading well stops appropriately, lead over poles and bridge. Desensitized with stick and string, practiced hanging out with neither one of us getting antsy, Marcella is calmer than me, flexed both right and left. I felt much better about this, Marcella did great. Yielded hind quarters, right and left. Groomed, less moving around during this. Return to pen and latching gate, calm and orderly. Backing off leadrope and halter.

Assign a horse to this purpose that cannot be caught, is difficult to catch, or that could use some small improvements on catching.

Complete this challenge when you are able to approach the horse assigned to this purpose more easily or more closely than before.