On 11/03/07, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Wanda. That makes sense. I expect with time he'll figure out > I'm not that scary! > V
I'm just waiting for the horses to come in for their afternoon siesta so I have a few minutes at the computer and then I'm bolting out the door.. But something else occurred to me. Does Orri ever have a chance to watch you working with other horses? A time when you are just working around him, not focused on him at all? For a while one of our statements around here was, "let's go scare Dagur." Which really was a despooking session. Sometimes we wouldn't even go near him. I remember unfolding a tarp about 50 feet away from him. Of course Gusti and Solon came up for a close look, so the despooking session wasn't worthless, but it gave Dagur a chance to watch us (Cara and/or myself) working around the other horses. He was able to observe and eventually, over time I noticed that he began moving in closer, asking for attention. Eventually Cara and I separated him, and worked with him one on one. AND then eventually when he was separated he started asking for the 'game' to start. That's when we knew he was really ready to start. It occurred to me as an owner who is trying to train my own horses - that we don't appreciate the amount of time that has to go into building a solid mount. There is no time frame that would be suitable to apply. I think when we're paying a trainer to train a horse we expect a good bang for our buck, when in reality.....the training could conceivable last for two or three years and quite possibly a lifetime... Anyway, I am lucky that I have Cara to help me, because we can often bounce ideas off one another during a session. Wanda
