Today we got to play with the colts all day, so there's not much to update on.
We woke up and did our chores before heading down to the barn where we watered the arena down. As we took turns watering, we each practiced our roping with the dummy they have. We then brought the colts in and started working with the brown one, whom we named Winston. Jenn put the halter on him in less than ten minutes and continued to work on moving his hind end and freeing it up. He's almost to the point where anyone could just about walk up to him, rub him, and halter him. Both Melissa and I got to work with him before we headed to lunch at Granny's.
After lunch we worked a little bit more with Winston before turning him back out and brought in one of the duns, whom we names Buster. He's s little more shy and timid compared to Winston; not as accepting of the human touch. He definitely is improving and he became more relaxed as the day went on. We also worked on moving his hind end and getting him to move forward. With both Winston and Buster we worked on reaching to help get them more forward.
The most important message today from Jenn was to keep a float in the rope. This means to keep some slack so the colt can feel which way you are going instead of being dragged one way and then the other. I also learned that you need to move your feet about fifteen times for every step your colt gives you. If you're not breathing hard, you're not doing it right.
After working with the colts we fed our calves and Nora before making some mini pizzas for dinner. Now we're just waiting on Bud to get back from Pierre with our lovely ice cream ;)
We woke up and did our chores before heading down to the barn where we watered the arena down. As we took turns watering, we each practiced our roping with the dummy they have. We then brought the colts in and started working with the brown one, whom we named Winston. Jenn put the halter on him in less than ten minutes and continued to work on moving his hind end and freeing it up. He's almost to the point where anyone could just about walk up to him, rub him, and halter him. Both Melissa and I got to work with him before we headed to lunch at Granny's.
After lunch we worked a little bit more with Winston before turning him back out and brought in one of the duns, whom we names Buster. He's s little more shy and timid compared to Winston; not as accepting of the human touch. He definitely is improving and he became more relaxed as the day went on. We also worked on moving his hind end and getting him to move forward. With both Winston and Buster we worked on reaching to help get them more forward.
The most important message today from Jenn was to keep a float in the rope. This means to keep some slack so the colt can feel which way you are going instead of being dragged one way and then the other. I also learned that you need to move your feet about fifteen times for every step your colt gives you. If you're not breathing hard, you're not doing it right.
After working with the colts we fed our calves and Nora before making some mini pizzas for dinner. Now we're just waiting on Bud to get back from Pierre with our lovely ice cream ;)