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Comanche confronts the
saddle pad
Progress: we are outside the
ring, today is day 9. Yesterday was basically a day off for him, although
he got to watch me ride Windy -- he is afraid of anything above him, so
today we are presenting the wool pad to him while it's on the ground, on
top of his back, or above over the fence.
Note the pad on the fence
in this next picture, where I'm setting up to ask him to be brave and walk
through the narrow squeeze between me and the scary pad on the fence:
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We
take a minute to survey the place before I present him with the spooky
objects. My dog is up and about also, I found it useful that I can hear
her dogtag clinging announcing her presence when I can't see her. |
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He's
looking good. It's nice to remember we work with horses because we like
them! (And a sunny January day makes it even more pleasant) |
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He
trusted me enough to let me pet him, even though I'd been shaking and rubbing
that pad on the fence some, wich caused Comanche some jitters. It wasn't
easy for him to even approach me while on the fence, but it only took a
few minutes. |
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Investigating
the saddle pad. He tried to stomp it, unfortunately off-camera. He's showing
tremendous trust in me, to stay with me and face the monsters. He could
easily drag the rope out of my hands if he wanted to. |
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More
studying of the saddle pad. |
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He did hit the end
of the lead a couple of times. I can't always help him round up or move
the hindquarters before he'd hit the end of the lead. We deal with muddy
footing, and uneven ground. Changing eyes is still not flowing as elegantly
as it will eventually get. |
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More play with the
pad. |
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He got more pets and
rubbing all over, this is to end the work part. |
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