Here are photos of Scott round penning Ebony this evening. The basic introduction to round penning a horse is down below.

This is him starting Ebony off:

Ebony ran herself around for a while. As you can see, she is really leaning into the turn and digging her heels into the sod. 

This is Scott having Ebony do an inside turn. I was not fast enough to get her bucks and rears when she misbehaves! (I'm sorry!)

This is Ebony asking to come in now. A horse will snake its head along the ground, even at a run. The first time I saw her do it "just like the book said" I was amazed.

Ebony's request to come in has been denied. She is still too feisty. She is now down to a trot (on her own) and watching Scott's every move. Notice her head tilted toward Scott, with her ears pricked in his direction. His shoulders are squared to her, not allowing her to come in.

Scott has turned his shoulders diagonal to Ebony, and she now appraoches him as she has permission to "join the herd."

Ebony has "joined up" with Scott. He is leading her around the pen with nothing attached to her. She has a great need to be accepted at this point. From here we go to the training issue of the session.

Scott is working on attention span. Ebony holds still while Scott runs his hands over her. She is expected to hold still and not graze or become distracted. She did well today.

At this point in the training you can pick your issue and work with it. So far I have taught Ebony to face me when I call her name, and to face her own fears (by "spooking in place"). Most of the things I teach her are safety recommendations from John Lyons' book On Horses. I have seen her use the things I taught her outside of the round pen.

Now here is Scott telling her she did a good job.

Rule #1 is we always end on a successful plateau.

Right now Ebony feels secure and affirmed.

We saddled her and let our 2nd oldest ride her around the round pen for a while (after I tried her out). It was evening.

They are both feeling big!

Videos of round penning are probably available. Trainers who round pen do crowd demonstrations in a variety of areas. Some use an arena or a fairground. A local horse club could probably get a trainer to come to your area. Often they will use local horses for their demonstration. Also a horse farm nearby might know of a local trainer who round pens, when a demonstration is scheduled, or might have any further information.

Thank you for sharing this journey with us!