KBR Training Case Study:"Patience"
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Sometimes it's just great to be a horse!
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Day 14:
Today was mostly review. Patience got some arena time with CJ where they played hard. When Cindy arrived they were both still in the arena. Patience came up to Cindy who was getting pretty good with the click cues. The next thing we knew, Cindy was leading Patience around the ranch. Cindy groomed Patience in the round corral, for the most part with the lead rope draped over Patience's back. Patience was for the most part a perfect lady. Then it was worming time. I wish all my horses would take a dose of wormer as easily as Patience did. We probed around various touchy areas, in her mouth, up her nostrils, under her tail. She'd be no problem for a vet to examine her. We know these mustangs are pretty sharp mentally, but we still can't get over her clear headed approach to virtually everything we present to her. Day 15 Sharon worked with Patience on yielding. We originally held off at first on these maneuvers because she was pretty wary and we wanted her solid at close quarters plus her feet werre terribly overgrown. Now she was definitely calm and needed to learn to yield to pressure. Sharon worked on backing and yielding at the shoulder using a combination of energy, body language and contact, reinforced with the clicker. Patience started to catch on pretty well, however she was a bit clumsy with her front feet, probably in part to the significant changes in length of toe since her two trims. All in all, however, it was a great set-up for the following day. |
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