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All4Grace
10-05-2008, 07:59 PM
Day 1:
Vicor woke up singing today, literally! He was nickering and neighing to his heart contant as my sister fed them.
In the evening, I put on his lime green rope halter, clipped on the lead and said, "Alright Pal, time to learn some manners."
We start with simply walking and halting, every time he stopped to close, he had to back up to steps. He caught on rather quickly, we then moved on to bending and giving to pressure.
We danced around together until he realized I wasn't asking him to turn, just bend his head in to me. :D He learned how to bed his head on either side, his right side being his toughest. He learned how to stop when I step in front of his shoulder and to wait until I asked him to move forward before he could go threw the gate.

All simple exercises. I love watching "babies" learn something new, especialy when you see the look of enlightenment on their faces! lol
:D

FatSpottedAppy
10-05-2008, 08:05 PM
Wow, it sounds like he's really catching on quick. Where are the pictures, though? You know how disappointed we get without pictures. ;)

All4Grace
10-05-2008, 08:08 PM
Seeing as my sister just rolls her eyes everytime I ask her take pictures don't count on getting to many of "boot camp" lol. :D

Gypsy Rose
10-05-2008, 08:29 PM
Glad he's coming along nicely. It's always great to see horses catch on to what we're trying to teach them without too much trouble!

Cat
10-05-2008, 08:46 PM
Sounds like you guys had a great day!

JetLagaside
10-06-2008, 06:12 AM
when you get board just send him my way ;)

Diane of Buck's Hollow
10-06-2008, 08:02 AM
when you get board just send him my way ;)

I think he would like Georgia. How fun it must be to train a small one!!!:)

Equine_Woman
10-06-2008, 08:25 AM
It is fun to teach a smart horse!!!

All4Grace
10-06-2008, 04:03 PM
Day2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkVpvB8LQDo
I manged to get a short video or us working on giving to pressure.
Again, he was excellent. I didn't video tape it but we started on the over the back give to pressure. He just learned it today so he was confused at first.

Be sure to listen carefully at the very begining lol :D