Day 6: Making the halter a good thing

I'm putting the halter on Ike and walking away to muck. The reason is two fold. One its making it routine when he approaches me and 2... It's letting him associate it with good things not just training. :) Today is the first morning I asked him to stand tied while I put hay in. The reason being he runs the minis around an I don't want that habit, so I'm showing him the more quickly he drops his head and lowers his energy level, the faster he gets to eat food. I worked with him on approaching the fence first and dropping his head as he wanted to back and paw the ground. I lowered my head and he lowered his in turn. After 3 times of asking for that and him delivering...I walked him to a pile of hay. If he even thought of upping the pace..we circled instead of walking in a straight line. Also, if that rope falls from his back..it's nothing scary to him and should he step on it...he learns how to get the release without being fearful and without it hurting his mouth. (He's not left unsupervised with it)




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