Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Finish of week one

Easy and I have been bonding a little more everyday.  I still come to the barn to feed him in the morning and he would rather not come up and say hi. So I ask him to move around then yeild his hindquarters and come to me--give him a few scratches on the neck and then head to work. 
I led him out of his pen on Friday March 12 and half way to the roundpen he just left, and ran around the pasture looking for freedom.  It took about 10 minutes to catch him and take him to the round pen.  I felt like an idiot for trying to lead him that far without another horse to pony him--I know better.  He did great in the round pen and my neighbor, Sandi, helped me pony him back--which was easy b/c he finds his pen safe.
The next day I brought my gelding down to pony Easy to the round pen but my horse was a little aggressive towards Easy so I decided to walk them both instead of ride.  Well dangit, Easy ran off again!  And again he was easy to catch.  I can't let this happen a 3rd time because then it will be a hard formed habit.  I need to acquire the help of a more experienced pony horse/rider Or I will have to trailer him (which wouldn't be a bad thing to teach him now). 
I realize just how "rusty" I am as I go through this training process!  As you can tell in these somewhat embarrassing and entertaining? videos.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuHtfSp7u3g

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