Lew Sterrett's Training Blog

Time with Juliet

I had not been home to spend any time with Juliet for 5 weeks and she’d been turned out with the other mares. When I was working with her on the ground, doing some turns and reverses, others were dumping fresh sawdust in the area. I noticed her interest in ...

Test and Review Day – June 30, 2009

Having been away for a couple of weeks, I will return today to spend a little time with Juliet. She no doubt will be rusty on many of the things which she has been taught, but it is a good way to find out what she really does own. I ...

Juliet’s Second S.O.T.M. – May 2nd

Now that I am home for a spell, I have a chance to go back and fill in the gaps on Juliet’s trailer loading experiences. Because she is small, and near the front of her trailer, I could easily turn her around to unload her. But there will soon come ...

Arrival in PA

Though I had traveled from French Camp, MS to Wilmore, KY on May 2nd, and once again from Wilmore, KY to Spring Creek, PA, on May 3rd, Juliet had not yet conquered the fear of stepping down with her back feet. I was still turning around and letting her unload ...

Training – April 30th

Training today amounted to little more than catching her in the stall, loading her in the trailer, and traveling from Big Sandy, TX to French Camp, MS. However, I had not yet taught her to step down backward from a trailer to unload. She was very much afraid and bulled ...

Juliet’s First Public Debut – April 29th

I had been on the road for two weeks and had left Juliet behind. I left her in a round pen and while she was reluctant to catch, she responded immediately when I threw a loop over her neck. At least this training session was off to a better start. ...

Update on Juliet – 4/14/09

Yesterday was a bit disappointing with Juliet. I had been away for a week and I had left her on the outside in a round pen next to another horse. While she was anxious to be visited, she was reserved to make up to me and uneasy to rub or ...

Juliet Update

As she was taught to load, I drove from Raton, NM to Electra, TX. I took her the next five hours the next day from Waggonner Ranch. I kept her in a stall a couple days to get used to us. She was fearful. I made it a point to ...

Day 1 with Juliet

She was in the paddock with five other yearlings, and though she was rather shy, after a little friendly chit chat, she allowed us to put a halter on her. She had been loaded and transported before, but not in an enclosed trailer, so it was evidently new. And after ...

Introducing: Juliet

I would like to introduce a new storyline as we add a new member to the Sermon on the Mount team. On March 30, I will be leaving Big Sandy, Texas to head to Raton, NM to pick up “Juliet,” a yearling filly who is a full sister to the ...