As the horse becomes reliable in being caught and haltered in larger enclosures, he can be given extended periods of "time out" in pasture or the horse course. In these situations it is not uncommon for the horse to be preoccupied with grazing for the major portion of the turn-out, then want to blow off some steam when the handler approaches to say, "Time's up!"

Max is no different. He likes to nose around, eat grass and visit with the other horses for an hour or two, but often when it's time to come in, he just needs about 10 minutes to play around and run like the wind, then he'll stand to be haltered. While eventually we will want him to stand on command no matter what he feels like doing, at this point of having just about a half dozen turnouts we want the overall experience to be a good thing and for him not to dread us coming and haltering him. Accordingly we cut him some slack and let him play.