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Janet's report for 11-02-01
People in attendance today: Sharron, Nancy, Janet, and Jackie.
When I first arrived I put Yogi in the round pen so that I could clean his
stall. Once Sharron and Nancy arrived Sharron came in and petted Yogi a bit and
then we put him back in his stall. Yogi has been lame for a couple of days and
we didn't want to stress the injury.
Nancy then pulled out Gator and began working with him. Gator apparently has
learned that when he doesn't want to do something he just tucks his head and
"leaves". So Nancy brought Gator into the round pen and after a little
"attitude problem", Gator began to respond nicely to Nancy's cues and was
longing on a loose line. She worked on disengagements and they were absolutely
lovely together.
Then Sharron worked with Spirit and Nancy worked with Moose, while catching
Moose we also caught Frosty and he spent some time at the tie pole. Sharron
groomed Spirit and spent some "quiet time" with him and then walked him around
our obstacle course. Nancy groomed Moose and then did some work with the saddle
blanket. She then took him in and did some fence work with him and was able to
sit on his back. He stayed very relaxed with Nancy on his back at the fence.
Then as she was putting him away she asked him to walk across a tarp which he
did very willingly.
Next Sharron grabbed Magic and spent some time grooming him. He really didn't
want his tail brushed out though, but Sharron was persistent and quiet and did
get it looking wonderful. The she groomed Frosty while he was being so good at
the tie pole.
Nancy then grabbed Frosty and worked with him on getting him to walk over the
tarp. It took a little encouragement and reinforcement but she was able to get
him to walk over it as well.
Jackie made it out kind of late and she did some work with Mohawk which
included grooming. Then she spent some time in the paddock spending "quiet
time" with whomever would hang out with her. She and Sharron got Dusty
groomed without putting any halter on.
I then pulled Yogi out and put him in a different stall so that Cliff could move
some sand around with the tractor. Yogi spooked as he was coming out of the
round pen and got away from me. He came back within a short time and led very
nicely to the stall. He seemed to enjoy stretching his legs so we will
definitely be doing more of that once the bigger "turnout" area is ready and his
leg is no longer bothering him.
Our next task was to round up the burros, who are becoming quite accustomed to
roaming the property while we are there, and put them in their stall. We
haltered Fancy very easily but she wasn't too keen on leading. So we worked on
picking up feet for a while and then Jackie came in behind and gave her a little
motivation with noise. Sharron put a halter on Rosie and so Jackie jumped back
and forth behind the 2 to keep them moving. And of course Belle just followed
along. Once in their stall we haltered Belle as well and picked up her front
feet.
That's where we called it a day.
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