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Part Five

8-24-01

This was a day off for the horses. We spent some time in the burro pen letting them get curious and explore us. "Shy girl" (Fancy) seemed to be getting more confident and Rose, as usual, had her donkey nose into everything.

"We're bad."

8-25-01

4784: Knightsen's Frontier Spirit

Primary focus included having different people in his pen. Tami Daniels started our doing some pole and sliding neck loop work. About mid day Willis stepped in to give some rubs and scratches. Later in the day Rob Pliskin did more pole work, and "Big K" started to relax. Rob was able to pole in some really interesting places.

This horse still does better with short sessions. He seems ready for some serious TTeam approaches and it will be interesting to see how he responds.

Rob getting to those "scary" places
behind the front legs and underbelly

2262: Siskiyou Midnight Magic

Magic seemed to really start to relax around people. Dave spent the most time with him and they did really well. By the end of the session he would lead and disengage pretty well and was starting to respond to body language in addition to the line. More rope work and grooming with a brush was included in the sessions. When a number of spectators arrived, Magic was more curious than anxious.

More rope work
We're buds
No problem!
Walking up (off lead) to meet visitors

2829: Lassen Mountain Dusty

Corrine did some body work with a TTeam wand, then followed up with a brush. They also worked on yielding, disengaging and leading on the line. Dusty's classic attitude when someone first enters his pen is "You want me to do what?" However he quickly engages and cooperates once he realizes the human is serious.

Dusty was still the consummate showoff and loves doing his new "clicker training tricks."

Wand work
Getting used to the brush
Taking and holding a bottle on cue
Patty worked with the burros and Fancy started to enjoy being scratched on her jaw behind the ears.

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