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Training Case Study:

"Pancho"
Part Eleven

Heading home
(Over the river and through the woods...)


It was pretty difficult to get the trailer turned around back in the canyon where Pancho lived so we decided to unload him in a nice nearby meadow. This is a place where he would get to occasionally hang out as well as be schooled, so it made sense to let him out here and walk him the last quarter mile. Since the road had a cattle guard, the walk home would involve crossing a creek. Since Pancho was so tall, this crossing involved some tree trimming before we could get him across.

Hanging out in the meadow

A big guy... a little too tall!
Trimming the last of the branches
Rebecca leading Pancho across
OK, you can play in the water
Pancho's refurbished paddock
Settling in
While Pancho was gone, Pancho's human family refurbished his paddock, adding a new shelter with a solid floor, better drainage with gravel and crushed granite for solid footing in the paddock.
"See, Pancho, what we've done with the place?"
Sharon H. putting on the halter
Sharon H. would be taking Pancho out on a daily basis to explore the area and to get more comfortable with being groomed and handled. All in all he seemed much more relaxed around his humans and most of the time he seemed to actually enjoy their company.

If these folks follow through, he should become more solid every day and trustworthy when turned out in areas that aren't "highly fortified."

Rebecca is now riding Pancho all over the mountains. They've both done a great job and are doing fine.

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