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| Toy's two year old sister and Rory nibbling together |
Rory has the "check hand first" thing down pat now. He sometimes lips hopefully after sniffing, but mostly he noses and then moves his nose away if there is no treat present. I make sure he gets a little reminder not to lip when he does it.
Today we practiced cross ties. I use one cross tie (the one on the far side of the horse, and then loop my long lead through the other tie ring to make the second cross tie and hold the end so I can control the amount of pressure on that side. It's kind of a pain to swap when I change sides, but after being squashed by a horse pulling back who swung to the solid cross tie side (vs the bungee tie side) I want the solid tie on the other side. Rory was a little edgy because he was the only horse in the barn, but he was very good. He didn't pull or wiggle while I groomed. The grooming was secondary to the cross tie training, but he was good about that too.
I have decided to leave his mane wild and woolly for the winter. It will help keep his neck warm and dry and I can trim it up in the spring. It's not as if we were going to a show or anything.
Today we practiced cross ties. I use one cross tie (the one on the far side of the horse, and then loop my long lead through the other tie ring to make the second cross tie and hold the end so I can control the amount of pressure on that side. It's kind of a pain to swap when I change sides, but after being squashed by a horse pulling back who swung to the solid cross tie side (vs the bungee tie side) I want the solid tie on the other side. Rory was a little edgy because he was the only horse in the barn, but he was very good. He didn't pull or wiggle while I groomed. The grooming was secondary to the cross tie training, but he was good about that too.
I have decided to leave his mane wild and woolly for the winter. It will help keep his neck warm and dry and I can trim it up in the spring. It's not as if we were going to a show or anything.
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