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Training Case Study:

"Scout"
Part Two
Day Two, continued

Jenny came by and got into the pen with Scout. He responded to her as nicely as he had with Sharon. She was able to move the pole all around and maintain his curiosity as well as continue the touching sequences.

With volatile horses if we can teach them to curiously regard anything that we present to them and provide positive feedback to satisfy that curiosity, they will invest a whole lot less energy in being spooky.

Checking out the "new" human
Touching the pole on cue
Touching Jenny's hand in the round pen
A click and reward
The start of a nice relationship
By the end of the second day's session Scout would face up politely, accept being touched by the pole, would allow any of the volunteers to approach him and touch him on the nose and withers and was beginning to touch objects on cue. Total working time since the adoption: about three hours.
One of our primary issues with Scout was his feet. He hadn't been trimmed by his first adopter and they were overgrown, distorted and significantly out of balance. A high priority would be to get him desensitized so that we could work on those feet.
Some pretty bad looking feet

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