Post by prizmbluekigers on Mar 9, 2010 10:16:23 GMT -5
The difference in his mindset is amazing. I had hoped to tone him down a bit, but he is calm, a good herd leader - not too bossy and when he makes corrections is is just enough to get his point across. He will flick his ears or move his head or adjust his posture and the girls comply. One of the fillies hangs out with her mother some of the time and Fit and the other filly can be seen shoulder to shoulder. Sunday morning after they ate I found all four of them lying down in a group dozing in the sun.
When I work with him he is willing and responsive. He is softer when I ask for a direction change and anticipates what I want some of the time. I guess I am trying to say WOW, training is more fun now!
We went to the Kiger HMA weekend before last and it was very muddy so we didn't get past wood Camp Res and just past the gate into the lambing grounds before the mud turned our tires into slicks and we had no traction. We only saw 4 horses; a stallion, mare and 2 foals. Last fall the same mare and foals were with a different stallion. They all looked almost plump and there is evidence of new growth on the ground. After we watched them slip and slide up a hill, we decided to go back this weekend or the next if it stays dry. Getting stuck is a BAD thing without another vehicle out there so much as I love it I don't want to be trapped there for days. Later in the year we will go for 3 or 4 day stretches. We still have to find horses on the Riddle and there are about 20 on West and South hill to find.
It's getting easier, we have Google Earth on our laptop and have marked cabins, ruins, waterholes and features such as the Ant Hillo we can pull it up and get a good sense of the terrain. Last year we went from Ten Cent Lake down on the desert side up to Diamond on back roads and it took a long long time but we learned much about the area.
When I work with him he is willing and responsive. He is softer when I ask for a direction change and anticipates what I want some of the time. I guess I am trying to say WOW, training is more fun now!
We went to the Kiger HMA weekend before last and it was very muddy so we didn't get past wood Camp Res and just past the gate into the lambing grounds before the mud turned our tires into slicks and we had no traction. We only saw 4 horses; a stallion, mare and 2 foals. Last fall the same mare and foals were with a different stallion. They all looked almost plump and there is evidence of new growth on the ground. After we watched them slip and slide up a hill, we decided to go back this weekend or the next if it stays dry. Getting stuck is a BAD thing without another vehicle out there so much as I love it I don't want to be trapped there for days. Later in the year we will go for 3 or 4 day stretches. We still have to find horses on the Riddle and there are about 20 on West and South hill to find.
It's getting easier, we have Google Earth on our laptop and have marked cabins, ruins, waterholes and features such as the Ant Hillo we can pull it up and get a good sense of the terrain. Last year we went from Ten Cent Lake down on the desert side up to Diamond on back roads and it took a long long time but we learned much about the area.