At breakfast that morning we had had a huge discussion on why we feel building trust and a partnership with our horse is so important. Notice Jesse is working with only her skinny halter and I have the lead rope tied around her neck; at best it can only be used as a neck strap. She is working solely on body position and voice commands, next to a road (traffic passed us a few times) and a stranger moving all over trying to get good pictures. Later that day, the guests said they thought they "got" the trust thing.
Bionic Cowgirl
cute; how did you teach her that?
ReplyDeleteJesse was a very precocious baby - into EVERYTHING (and still is!) - so to keep her out of trouble, I used clicker training to teach her tricks. Teaching her to pick-up things on command led to having her bring me stuff, while on the ground or on her back, or our version of playing frisbee. She was much better at it when she was younger and it was more interesting to show off; we also spent a LOT more time playing then - out of necessity!
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That's pretty neat! She really is lovely. I bet she was really fun when she was a little stinker.
ReplyDeleteI love her personality! So glad that you got her energy focused into fun things! She cracks me up :)
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