KBR Training Case Study"Hope"Part Three |
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Second Week of Work
The weather and work schedules slowed down our progress. The pens and horses were pretty muddy. Hope got a couple of short visits from the volunteers and we did put her back in the chute for just a few minutes but we needed the footing to improve before asking too much of her. During these shore encounters she stayed pretty quiet if we didn't push her. On February 21st I was cleaning her pen and she seemed pretty reactive. With a lack of regular handling Hope appeared to be regressing. When I was finished I moved her into the chute, worked her with the rawhide loop and put on a halter and lead. The Kickers arrived, had their camera with them, and snapped these images of Hope on her first day on lead. |
Getting "balanced" on the line
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Learning to give to pressure
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Walking up
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Hope was working really well and after about 15 minutes I decided to end on a good
note. She let me walk up and remove the halter without any fuss.
After that she seemed still really "connected" so I decided to see if I could halter her in the open. I had to approach from her nose but she stood to be haltered with minimal anxiety. (We can always shape her behavior to be haltered from the side once she is more comfortable with it.) |
Still nicely connected
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Rubbing her cheek before haltering
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Slipping on the halter
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