Today was the first day I worked with Beauty. First I groomed her and got her to lift her feet. The first two feet were fine then when I went to her front foot again she tried to bite my behind. I smacked her for that and then lifted her foot up again and she didn't try to bite again. We are definitely going to have to work on her lifting her hooves because she doesn't do that so well. I first picked her hooves out then I went around again and lifted her hooves again. She did better the second time around than the first.
The first exercise for Beauty was I got her to back up and have her two eyes on me. It took a bit for her to stand still and look at me but she got it. Then since she could do that I lunged her a bit. I sent her both ways and she did good at changing directions and going. I was very pleased with that. I am not sure how long we worked with that but she did good. Then I stopped her and she gave me two eyes and I then turend my back. I wanted her to come to me. It took a bit till she figured out that I was ignoring her and then she came to me. I was really happy about that. She followed me around for a bit. I praised her. I also wanted to work with her on liking flyspray and the flyspray bottle. I put some water in a flyspray bottle so that she would get used to the sound and I wouldn't waste flyspray! I would spray it a bit and off she would go around me in a circle. As soon as she stopped running I would wait a bit to see if she would stay stopped then I quit spraying. It took quite a bit till she figured out that I would quit spraying if she stops running. At the very end I was able to spray her all over (all except her belly and her legs) without her moving. I was so pleased with the results. Then I praised her and tied her to the tree while I went riding. The whole session that I worked Beauty was an hour and I feel we got somewhere. If she continues to make this sort of progress we should be good.
Then I went and got Navajo and hopped on. We went down the strip. He was acting a bit like he wanted to balk because he didn't want to leave Beauty but he went. He neighed a few times and while we were going down the strip I could hear Beauty neighing for him =D We went the whole way down the strip and then up the road a ways. Not the whole way to my aunt and uncles as it was getting dark. We did some trotting too. Then we headed back toward the strip. I got on the strip and trotted Navajo a bit again. We did some leg yeilds and surpentinens as well. Then I headed home. Before we got the whole way home I turned Navajo around and took him some of the way out the strip again (I do this so he don't turn barn sour..I had a problem with this for the longest time and just got over it this summer..that is of him wanting to run home). He trotted real good. Then off for home we went. I took him up to the barn took his bridle off and then put his halter on and tied him to the fence. I got Beauty and put her out and then got Navajo and tied him to the tree where Beauty was so I could groom him. I groomed Navajo good and then turned him out too! Overall I worked Beauty an hour and rode Navajo about half an hour but did a good grooming session as well! It was a great evening and it was fun and challenging as well!!
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