kirstie
20th Apr 2007, 08:02 PM
Started off with introduction and filling a form out as you do, Sarah asked me what amba's problems were, the list was ...well... pretty long, biting, kicking, doesn't load, doesn't clip, hacks are awkard, jumping quite bad, schooling okish, sometime bad to catch, nips, throws tantrums, rears on the ground sometimes although not a lot, leading can be bad, tacking bad - will be tack, difficultish to rug.
So from that list it was a bit difficult to know what to start with :o but we choose leading first, amba got the dually on, and was leading quite nicely. Sarah started first then me and it went really well.
Next was the scary plastic bag :p we only managed to do one side as it took some time to actually have the plastic bag on her straight away without having the hand on her first, Sarah managed to stroke both her hind and fore legs with it, but when the bag opened, amba was like :eek:, so we had to restart, - wrap the plastic bag back in a ball, stroke her with the other end of the stick. It took about an hour maybe just over before she could accept it and stood still.
Next was planting feet to and from the field, no planting on the way, we let her go, waited ten minutes and then begin to catch her again, it took about 10-15 minutes and learnt some lessons, watching body languages, step-by-step on how to approach her e.c.t. She was fine to lead on the way back and to the stable, the rattle was on guard for any biting that she might to do :p , which she didn't
Lastly she did some join-up and i could really see the signs, she has a habit sometimes, she shows signs and when you want to do follow-up she walks the opposite way, but it went well.
Sarah said and i quite agree with her, that we've only scratched the surface of amba's problems and we have a long way to go, but i'm prepared to go all the way with her.
I'm thinking although i think i will when i get the money together to take amba's to sarah's yard and work on her there with me staying in a B+B :D
So overall, i have no idea what i was worried about and learnt loads of lessons on body language, watching for even the smallest signal. :)
ETA - RACH would reccommend her, shes very good :)
So from that list it was a bit difficult to know what to start with :o but we choose leading first, amba got the dually on, and was leading quite nicely. Sarah started first then me and it went really well.
Next was the scary plastic bag :p we only managed to do one side as it took some time to actually have the plastic bag on her straight away without having the hand on her first, Sarah managed to stroke both her hind and fore legs with it, but when the bag opened, amba was like :eek:, so we had to restart, - wrap the plastic bag back in a ball, stroke her with the other end of the stick. It took about an hour maybe just over before she could accept it and stood still.
Next was planting feet to and from the field, no planting on the way, we let her go, waited ten minutes and then begin to catch her again, it took about 10-15 minutes and learnt some lessons, watching body languages, step-by-step on how to approach her e.c.t. She was fine to lead on the way back and to the stable, the rattle was on guard for any biting that she might to do :p , which she didn't
Lastly she did some join-up and i could really see the signs, she has a habit sometimes, she shows signs and when you want to do follow-up she walks the opposite way, but it went well.
Sarah said and i quite agree with her, that we've only scratched the surface of amba's problems and we have a long way to go, but i'm prepared to go all the way with her.
I'm thinking although i think i will when i get the money together to take amba's to sarah's yard and work on her there with me staying in a B+B :D
So overall, i have no idea what i was worried about and learnt loads of lessons on body language, watching for even the smallest signal. :)
ETA - RACH would reccommend her, shes very good :)