Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Bouncing Chad
Mustangs are renowned for their strength,endurance,agility, and intelligence-Characteristics bred into them in the wild which make them idea for work or recreation..
This is a quote from the Mission 007 2008 Yearling Edition Information. In working with Missy I have found this to be true. She seems to think things through and the day Chad and I put the lead rope on her was no exception.
The day we picked Missy up we were offered the opportunity to have them put the lead rope on her while she was trapped in the chute. I decided against that due to the long trailer ride in Houston traffic.
But today was the day to have her learn the basic of giving to pressure. Today we put the lead rope on. We decided it was a two man job so off we went. Missy, Chad and I all in the stall one happy family.
Chad is a master at many things but he's the only man I have ever met that likes to "hold the babies" As a matter of fact several of our weanling feel as comfortable in Chad lap as with their moms. More than one boarder has commented on the fact that its kind of funny to hear out of no where Chad put the horse down. Not something you would expect to hear. But it works wonders their first time with the farrier or trimming their ears. As they get older they will tuck their heads under his arm as if to say hold me now..
So this was our plan Chad would gentle gather her up in his arms and (He's big 6'4 a lot of room there)I would clip the lead rope. No problem right she's just a bit bigger than our weanling's.
You would have had to been there to see the fun we had. Missy had other ideas about that snake looking thing we wanted to attach to her head and Chad wearing his neon green shirt looked like a bouncing ball. No as easy as we'd hoped but none worse the wear.
The lead rope attacked we stood with her awhile and enjoyed petting and loving on her. Its so important that she is left with positive feelings once a training session is over.
Until we meet again
Enjoy the ride...
Ms. Jodie
Labels: animal, horse, lessons, mustang challange, training 8:28 AM
1 Comments
said...
I absolutly LOVE this entry..Its glad to know that Chad wasn't hurt from it really but I sure would have liked to been there just to see big ol' chad looking like a bouncy ball just like you said..he is ONLY 6'4..lol
Talk to you later, Cori
July 20, 2008 2:21 PM
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