July 07, 2010

fun times in the round-pen

so in a relatively short period of time, I've gone from a horse that runs away when I try to catch her, to one that follows me around. i can get her to lower her head with my hand so that I can halter her, i can pick up both her front feet without really trying, and make her walk and trot around the round pen, and stop when I tell her. while i can get her to change directions, she's not too sure about going clockwise-- her rear faces me too much, and I can see her lifting her head and contemplating jumping OUT of the round-pen (she's succeeded in knocking herself out of there before... it's quite a show). but we will keep trying until Naomi is comfortable with it.

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