We had a good night tonight. I put the lead line on her halter for the first time after we reviewed a few of the basic exercises. She has gotten much better at yielding her hindquarters off of steady pressure. I can touch her lightly and get her to yield...we even had our first 360 degree yield tonight. Yielding the forequarter off of steady pressure seems to need a little more work. Back to leading for the first time with the halter... I reviewed leading with the long line around her neck and the butt rope and she did very well with that so we moved on. She did fairly well and got a little confused a few times. She reared up once trying to figure out how to get rid of the pressure behind her ears and fell over. She was fine-just a little dusty. After that we introduced yielding the hindquarters off o driving pressure and she did really well. It will be fun to build on what we started and she seems fairly sensitive. She caught on pretty quick without too much increase in the pressure. We will review these lessons tomorrow and see if we are ready to move on.
We moved Banjo and my mare out of the foaling stall and into a small dry lot with a small shade cover today. This is great as Banjo has more room to run around and play. I'm glad to get them out of the stall and into some fresh air.
Here's Banjo enjoying a new scratching spot. :)
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