I was able to see and understand how to impliment things in a way that I wasn't fearful of my horse. Normally I was trying to groom my horses outside of their stalls or fence. I stepped up, walked in and worked with my horse. I groomed her and made it to zone 2. That was good. She stood and was enjoying herself. I saw relaxed behavior not scarey. I have the carrot stick which I love. I have other items like a whip and a small crop, but it always worried me. The whip I am not wanting to hit my horse. I want to work with my horses thru cooperation and partnership. A whip was scarey to her. For me it was too long and not stiff. So it bobbed up and down if I tried to put a glove on it for desensitization. The crop too short and often she was Leary. So, I wasn't getting close enough to do anything. It was the "three little bears" story all over again too big too small and the carrots stick was just right. I need to work on my cues. That's my homework. No need to confuse her.
So for a while, I am staying on disk 1 until I get that down. My girls are young and I want to have a great time with them. But I want them to learn I am not the scarey lady but the one they can trust. Not scarey. Have fun not be worried so this is definitely helping. I would like to add. I have had two shoers show up and leave. Charge me to trim my horses feet and so nothing. It is vital I get them where they stand quietly and know ground manners and not be fearful. This I believe will help. A vet won't attempt to work on your horse if you can't get them to stand quietly. This can potentially be depremental and dangerous for your horse if they need a vet to help them. It also has other reprocussions with as I said getting their feet trimmed.
