Worked with Iceman for about three hours today. We spent some time reinforcing what we know to be safe, and then made leading the main focus of the day. Without much effort, I was able to lead Iceman through his gate and into the turnout area. I dropped his lead and let him check everything at will for a few minutes. He didn't make it too far from his stall at first, but he was snorting up a storm and taking everything in.After some time had passed, I went over to Iceman and grabbed the lead without any issues and spent the rest of the time exploring his new turnout. We slowly made our way from one end to the other, checking out all of the new horses, enjoying the "elbow room" and constantly licking our lips. Robin was nearby and managed to snap a few pictures of us and had fun being on the other end of the lead as well for a few minutes.
Eventually, we left Iceman to explore the new area on his own, and before I left for the night he had moved back into his stall and enjoyed his dinner.
In the attached turn out...
In the attached turn out...
Leading...
Come on Iceman!
we are on our way with our horse training business THE BOYS OUTBACK Hehe
ReplyDeleteIndeed my friend. :)
ReplyDeleteAhhh yes. Boy I wish we could work our wild ones together, we are doing all the same things!
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