We first met Joy last December after she was taken in by the incredible people at Quest Equine Welfare in Australia.
Joy had been found at one day old, lying in…
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Cali made her first visit to a restaurant today. With permission of the
owners we attended the year end banquet for the local Mini Horse club.
Cali, rode in the SUV. We towed her bathroom. Which is her trailer at this
moment.She is comfortable "going" there. She goes right on cue every time I ask
her. She did need her ramp to get in to the SUV, but she jumped out. Good girl!
She found the door, stopped at the step, found the door handle (this one…
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We had a second session this evening. Working on forward with a pull. I'll take forward anywhere. Click.
Once we get consistent forward, we can begin to train choices of where.
Cali's used to being led. Taken where we want her to go. This is her "first toe in the water" of making decisions. I let her decide where to go. For a little horse, that's confusing. So, it's natural that she would choose to go the places she is used to.
She chose the trailer, the car. When asked…
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Cali is settling in well. She's was a little nervous at first and she and my old mare scared each other.
We had a first lesson: Putting on the Dog Harness I got her. I'd opened the large dog harness as large as it would go.
Sigh... our perceptions are so weird. The first thing I had to do was to make it smaller at every angle. She was patient even though the wind was howling.
Next, I let her take me where she wanted to go with a little tug on the harness. She…
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