Megan did good this morning as usual. I worked with the rope and whip desensitizing her the I worked a little on yielding of the hindquarters.
She does pretty good about keeping her distance now, just by wiggling the lead rope she will stay back from me when I need her to. While walking, she will speed up and slow down to my pace even though I do not have the lead rope in hand. Megan will now also back up with the lightest pressure on the lead rope snap. That is a huge improvement over just two days ago.
This morning I was able to work with her for an hour and a half, mostly working with her back feet so they can finally be trimmed by a farrier. We finally go the rope around her right hind leg "YAAY!!!" and kept working on moving it up and down her leg and down onto her hoof. Even after all the work that was done I was still not able to touch her hoof but we did make HUGE improvements over just yesterday. I did work on her left leg a bit and was able to lift her leg and scrape out her hoof. She did not stand still long for that and lunged forward pulling away from my hand. I will have to keep working on her feet at least 2x per day to get her to give me her feet just like she does on the front. You look at her front feet and she will lift then for you, Not the rear ones though. I now know why the farrier had one chance to trim on her left side. He kept holding on to her hoof while she was kicking and pulling away. This just elevates the situation and makes her even more leary of someone at her hind end.
More training logs and photos to come soon.
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