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Monday 8-27-01 saw some work in the evening. Janet Tipton reported the following:
We had an absolutely fantastic day today. 3 of us showed up
to work horses, which worked out just perfect because we
each got to work one and we didn't have to take turns.
Cliff and Yogi:
Cliff tried a little different approach with Yogi today. He
worked him with a flag. And I couldn't believe the
transformation. Yogi responded very well. Yogi challenged
him a few times but easily backed down when Cliff challenged
back. Cliff was able to get right up and scratch his neck,
shoulders and to the base of his ears. And Yogi was
actually relaxing with it.
Jackie and Moose:
Jackie started out working Moose with the bamboo pole and
was able to walk up and touch Moose relatively quickly. She
then went to the sliding neck loop and got a nose loop on
him almost immediately. Jackie worked a lot on leading and
getting to that forbidden right side. She managed to get
all the way down to his shoulder and neck on his right
side. She really had him leading pretty good as well. She
then pulled the rope off and walked away for a minute and
then tried to approach again without the pole or rope. She
ended up having to just throw the rope up over his neck but
no pressure was applied and she was able to approach and
touch then.
Janet and Frosty:
I am just beaming. Frosty did so good tonight. I was able
to approach him without anything on him. But did have to
put the lead rope around his neck to get the halter on. He
still seems to have a one last hold back about getting that
loop over his nose. Once the halter was on we worked on
leading for a little while and then out came the rubber
curry. He decided he really liked that as I found the
really itchy spots on either side of his neck. I was able
to curry all the way around his belly and up over his butt.
Then I grabbed the mane brush and brushed out his mane,
forelock and also his tail. Then it was on to picking up
feet. I was able to pick up all four feet and hold them for
several seconds at a time. In fact the fronts he held up
for me if I would say "foot" while rubbing down his leg.
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