We did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Between the two of us, Alicia and I managed to coax Doc to put his fourth foot up on the trailer, and after that, he sniffed around a few times, walked calmly all the way inside, and started munching on the alfalfa hay that was waiting for him in the manger. Hooray!!!!!!!!!!
He was a little nervous and jittery tonight (probably because of the time change and the neighbor with his tractor pushing a bonfire around), so it wasn't as easy as expected. We started the session out by going backwards again in the training before he decided that it was OK to get down to business. I continued to work from the front end, and he was consistently only going as far as his two front feet. Alicia prompted me to push him a little bit more to get him past that hump, and I asked her to drive him a little bit from the hind end too. She had the magic touch that drove him right up onto the ramp. We were amazed at how calm he was once inside.
After that, we gave him a nice long break, and lots of love. The greedy side of me wanted desperately to do it again, but Alicia talked sense into me (yet again), and we quit on the good note. Thanks Alicia!! :)
Sorry there aren't any pictures today. It was all done in the dark due to the time change.
Doc has the day off tomorrow, but I am considering working with him again on Wednesday. Is that greedy of me?
Hug your horses!
~Jackie
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