[Ag-eq] Jody's horses

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Jody:

It sounds like they are doing great and you're certainly on the right track with
the training.

Fixing other people's training mistakes is often harder than training from the
ground up.  Cruiser had been hurt and was distrustful at first.  He's come a
long ways, but there are still a few things that we need to work on.  He's a
sweet boy and wants to please.  He trusts me, but can be a llittle jumpy with
other people.  We have a good connection and make a good team.

I look forward to hearing more updates.

Nella
Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:

> Hi Nella,
>
> You sure do have a clever boy!  There was a horse at the stable who would
> open gates too.  Good thing he liked his feed or he would have left.
>
> It is interesting to see how the horses have settled in.  Ranger the
> palomino was the easy one at first and Maverick the bay was a little snot.
> Now Maverick is a smooch and Ranger was spoofing at his own shadow.  He
> wouldn't let us catch him or get withing 15 feet.  Tom started lunging him
> in the pasture and he will now respond to Tom and speed up, slow down, stop
> and turn just by Tom's eye contact.  When I go in the pasture to muck out I
> totally ignore him.  This is all working because I went in the pasture with
> a wheel barrel full of hay and he stood on the other side of the wheel
> barrel across from me only three feet away.  I put my hand out and waited
> and when he touched it I rubbed his face and turned and left to remove the
> pressure.  By not trying to actually catch him, he is getting closer and
> closer.  I don't know what experiences he had before we got him but he is
> desensitizing and  he is no longer afraid of his own shadow.
>
> Both horses are very fast to train.  Maverick will move forward, backward,
> left and right just with a gentle nudge.
>
> I have thought of how I could have had instant gratification by buying a
> fully trained horse but I would not have learned as much as I am with these
> guys.  I also would not want a horse trained in the old methods but one that
> was gentled like they are now.
>
> We have gone from Florida winter to summer just about over night and it is
> now hot.  The horses have a huge boxwood tree to stand under to protect them
> from the sun and rain.  I have to clear the hot water from the automatic
> waterer a few times a day.
>
> JODY
>
>
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