Our first session was last week, she was a bit hard to catch and pretty reactive overall but did settle nicely in time. Today took only a little bit of time to get her to stand nicely in the big pen to catch and was much calmer.
Taught her to longe , and worked on softness and flexion, then ,well because I can I decided to play with my jacket on her. I did this for a couple reasons,1. its a nice way to sack them out, the jacket is light and it 2. makes some noise, nothing like riding along and needing to take off or put on a slicker and finding that your horse is NOT OKAY with rustling fabric !
Anyhow, it went pretty well, other than when she flipped the jacket over her face and ears, thought for a minute she should leave, but did not pull hard and after she settled I was able to easily slide the jacket off her ears and down over her face(Smart little dolly!)
Tough to take pics with a rope in one hand and a whip in the other but I did get a few
Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the week
As always friends , stay safe
9 comments:
I envy you the side trip! if I was just a few years younger....
What fun! Love the "what is THAT doing on my back" photo, or maybe it's "little help with the zipper please" or it could be "Does this jacket make my butt look big?" Either way, nice job on that good looking girl!!
Oh goodness, now you are making me drool!
What a beauty! Sounds like a fun project....and now that you have all that extra time :-)
oh my she is a pretty little thing isn't she?
Good luck with the project!
She is CUTE! CUTE! CUTE!
I hear ya on the jacket!
Love those jowls . I enjoy starter ground work, it is that first inpredictable baby year on their back that can sneak up on my aging body now. ;) great ground work sets such a good stage for many things.
What a lovely kind-eyed mare!
She's very lucky she has a kind eye lookin' back at her.
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