Blog 14: Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I am going to interview Shanee Armstrong. She competes in the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

• I have confirmed that it is fine to interview them, but am waiting to hear back on when would be a good time. She is aware of the due date for the interview.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

• When working with a wild mustang what things do you do to accomplish training goals?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

• Is there anything that has helped you with working with the mustangs?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

• What type of things do you do to help prepare a mustang for training?
• Ideally how do you approach training a mustang from the time you start working with the horse and when you finish?

EQ: What are the best techniques for training a wild horse?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

• I am doing my mentorship at my barn and at my mentor's barn.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

• My mentor's name is Molly Jenks and she has gentled 14 wild mustangs for either the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, Mustang Magic, or for clients.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? 

• I have completed 11 hours.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

• We have worked really well together these past few months, when we get together she will work with my horse first to get her to the point where I will be able to work with her and have somethings to improve on together and as she is working with my horse she will explain the purpose of what she is doing and how she is doing it. Once my horse is good with desensitizing to one thing we would move to the next. I am going to try to do a minimum of a hour a week.

EQ: What are the best techniques for training a wild horse?

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• I did some mentorship and individual component hours. I had gotten a two hours of mentorship and six hours of individual component.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

• The most important thing that I learned would be how much trust means to a horse and I learned this through my individual component. The most important thing that I accomplished over the break would to be able to fully saddle my mustang which happened during mentorship.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

• For my third interview I was going to talk to Shanee Armstrong. She competes in the Mustang Makeover Challenge in Norco. (Competition that trainers have to train a wild mustang to be lead, ridden, and pick up their feet in less than 120 days)