I made the decision that I am no longer going to work with Megan twice per day on a regular basis. Once in a while I will put in 2 sessions with her but I want to work with Fiona the 19 month old Appy.
We started working on some of Megan's heard-bound issues by removing Fiona from her sight. We had to start pretty slow and work up to 5 minutes and more and let Megan work through not seeing Fiona. It was interesting to watch both horses, Fiona has no herd-bound symptoms at all and I hope to keep it that way. Megan on the other hand is extremely herd-bound and will require lots of work. During this exercise when we took Fiona out of the corral she was more concerned about all the green grass in the driveway.
I am sure it is a long road ahead of us just to get into Megan's mind where we can get control of her in any situation. I am prepared to put in the time and work so we can get her to be the best horse she can be.
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