As in the last post about Megan, we have been working through some issues with her. The main problem up until last weekend was, we were unable to pick up her hind feet so a farrier would be able to trim her hooves. We have been working with desensitizing her hind end throwing a rope around her back legs and feet, I was finally able to get a rope through her legs and get a hold of one. She did not kick but certainly did not like it and was resistant to the idea of me picking up her feet. She will lift her front feet if you just look at them but the back feet had been untouchable until now.
Fast forward to today, I am able to pick up all four feet and scrape a little on her hind hooves. She is not perfect but she has made some huge improvements trusting humans around her hind legs. Some of the trust came from last week at the trainers and her working through some trust issues.
After everything we have experienced with Megan, I truly feel she was put into the pasture for the last two years because the owners just had no idea what they had and did not know how to treat an Arabian that wants to be in control. I am sure Megan ran over the top of them and they did not know what to do and they did not seek help from a trainer to work through her problems.
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