I've been working on getting used to training the horses from my new off road wheelchair, and working on getting the horses used to being trained this way. It's been a learning experience for all of us, but we're doing really well with it.
Because Handsome is already used to my cues, it's been easier for me to work with him as I'm a little more free to figure out my own short comings. Today, I asked him to move in half circles around me, do some coming up and backing off, and asked him to circle me while I moved the chair about the playpen. He has done half circles, he's done circles, he's done coming in and backing off, but he's never been asked to circle me as I move around because I've never been able to move around with him. He had to figure that out, but he did very well. I even had him walking in front of me in a driving exercise to get us both accustomed to teaching ground driving from the tank chair.
Here are some photos from today:
So pretty! I just love black horses!
ReplyDeleteThanks! He's a shaggy mess in these photos, as they all are during the winter. He's gorgeous in his ultra black summer coat. That's why his breeder named him "Handsome" hehe.
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