Monday, May 19th
"Reba"
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It is already
7:00pm and I finally get to work with Buddy.
After a minute or two I was able to convince
him to leave his girlfriend, Reba, and go
into the round pen.
I decided to work with his feet today.
I used the lead rope to pick up his feet and
lead him around a bit by each foot. He did
really good.
Time to ride. He let me saddle him up
with not much of a problem, so I worked on
getting him to stand still when I start to
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After a few minutes
he finally got it and in the saddle I went. We rode
around the pen for about 45 minutes learning how
to turn left and right. He is such a good boy. I
even got him to trot a few laps in both directions...SMOOOOOOOTH.
Tuesday, May
20th
Picture
day.
Buddy was not too
excited to be bothered this morning, but I needed
to take some pictures.
It ended up being
a training session. He was a little nervous with
the extra people around. Well we got the pictures
taken and I rode him for about an hour.
Later in the evening
I decided to work with Buddy again, much better
session. We rode around the round pen for an hour
or so and he learned to back up.
Thursday, May
22nd
It
was still windy today, but I decided to mess with
Buddy anyway. I led him into the arena and introduced
him to the blue barrels. He didn't seem to care
about them too much.
I taught him how
to jump the barrels, which he really seemed to like.
I also worked at picking up his feet. He is doing
really good about his front feet.
Maybe tomorrow we
will work on his hind legs. After all that the wind
finally slowed down and I saddled him up and rode
for a while in the round pen. He did good today.
Friday, May 23rd
Back
at it again, we had a very laid back session today.
I worked with Buddy on his feet again both front
and rear. He did well. He jumped the barrels and
crossed the tarp. I also worked at standing behind
him. He still gets nervous when he can't see me,
but that is to be expected. Later I saddled him
up and rode him in the round pen for only 20 minutes
because it was getting dark and I hadn't done chores
yet.
Saturday,
May 24th
Saturday was extremely windy, so I did not get
a lot of formal training done. But every chance
I got I picked up "Buddy's" feet and brushed
him. He likes that. He also does not need to wear
a halter anymore. He is easy to catch and enjoys
our training sessions.
Sunday,
May 25th
Sunday
wasn't windy at all. First we worked on tight spaces.
I sent him between the barrels and the fence. He
was so comfortable he stopped to pose for the camera.
We also worked on the tarp again, Now we were off
to the trailer. No problem. Buddy is so curios,
he wants to check everything out. In no time Buddy
was in the trailer on his own. Oh I forgot. He also
got spray bottle training today. That was as easy
as trailer loading, once he got used to the noise
he welcomed the cool mist of water. He even layed
down and rolled wile George was leading him around
the arena. How comfortable he must feel.
Since
everything has went so well I decided to saddle
up my mare "Twisted Sister" and introduce
the two. Buddy was a little jumpy at first. We think
the only time he saw anyone on a horse, they were
rounding up the herd. As soon as I grabbed his lead
rope he joined up to "Twist" and I ponied
him around the arena with ease. I took off Buddy's
halter and he still followed me around. I turned
and chased him around for a bit and as soon as I
rode away he chased me. We played that game for
a while. What a fun fun day.
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