Today it was Voelie's turn to get out and do someting new. I groomed her and then decided to put a saddlepad on her. I first let her sniff it and then slowly put it on her back and took it back of. I walked her a few circles to let her get rid of some tension then I tied her again and put it on her back again, this time I tied it with an elastic and walked with her with the saddlepad on her back. She was really well behaved and just walked with me! I was so proud. I just made it a short walk and then took everything off and let her graze a bit. She was happy to be out and did not want to go back into the field:)
When I was mucking out the field afterwards I had both Suri and Voelie trying to eat the fork I was using to muck out and constantly having their noses in the wheelbarrow! Really cute!
Aha! Sounds like you have two typically nosy Curlies on your hands! Love hearing about your training progress with Voelie.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Jess!! I loved introducing Linus to things like his first saddle, blanket, bareback pad etc. Its so great to work through their concerns and then come out that much more a team once they've accepted it. It's so rewarding isn't it?
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