Today was the first day that I (Jessi) caught Coors and put on his halter, he was a bit of a tured about it but I got it. He did a lot better on leading today it’s not right next to you but he’s following were ever I go. He did a lot better on standing still while being brushed. Coors found out that the curry come feels really good and got in to it. Worked with the caret stick and like always it went awesome. Also worked on lunging and sending between 2 barrels, both need some more work. Also worked with the saddle blanket and that went quite nicely. I was able to swing the saddle blanket up on to his back, neck, and head. Also went and played in the water puddle by the house.
Today we caught coors with the halter, out in the open. He was busy eating, and resisted a little to the halter, but for the most part was good with it. We learned today that trailers are kinda scary, but so long as dad goes in first, we are fine. Shawn got in the trailer, and came out several times, so it was ok for Coors to do so.
I got kicked today. I was putting pressure on Coor’s back and he reached up and kicked me. I’m ok, I’ll just have a bruise on my inner thigh. It was more of a dad, get off me than a I hate you here I’m going to kick you. We put on a fly sheet today, and we are having problems picking up the right rear foot. He wants to pick it up to quickly, and it’s like he’s kicking out. We hobbled him, and was able to finally get his right back foot up. We’ll get that worked out soon enough. Doing good with the fly sheet. Leading even better today.
Took Coors on a walk through the mud puddle. He balked at first, but then went through it fine. Continued on our tour of the neighborhood where we ran into some dogs. Didn’t like those much, but we got through that. Definately needs more exposure to dogs. Put a little pressure on his back while walking. I plan on having shawn here and using him to walk Coors next weekend. I am really excited for Coors, he is doing soo well.
Today we worked on leading again. We continued in the pen and it worked real good. We almost got Coor’s halter on without having to put him in the squeeze pin. We got the halter on pretty quick this time, but we were having problems cause there was a new horse. Shawn was the focal point today, when he was splashing in the water that was kind of wierd. Andy’s filly Daisy was nickering, and really upset that Shawn was here. We had a lot of trouble learning that Shawn was really immovable. Finally we got that under controll and then worked on leading by foot. This didn’t work so well at first but by the end we are able to lead pretty well. Still not perfect, need to keep working on that in the future.
We worked on blankets today. Coors says they are really scary but I showed him they weren’t. And although he didn’t like it very much, we were successful on putting the blanket all up and down his neck, body, and butt. Coors stood still when we took the halter off.
Today we worked on picking Coors’s feet up, he did very well. We had to use the string to pick-up his feet. One foot we got without a string. His right back foot he kicked out on. He’s got a cut on that back foot so he’s more sensitive. We are able to walk up and pet him, he is still skid dish, but it seems he’s accepting us more. It’s easier to put on his halter, but he still resists at first. He will come up closer and closer to us now on his own. He let us touch him all over with the carrot stick, and the string. He was a little sensitive about his face, but we got over that quickly. He let us worm him, though he was in his pinned gates. He let us put our hands all over him, but he is still not over his face. He got to run around in the big pen today, and played with Daisy, Andy’s filly.
We led Coors around in his pen and that went very well.He seemed to be fine with that.So then we took Coors out with filly trying to lead him around, that didn’t work out too well.He didn’t seem to trust us very much.I think it was because it was the first time he got out of the pin.He was just out of his comfort zone.
Put up the two extra green panels to use as a shoot to sandwich him in-between to be able to touch him and also to clean out his cuts. After some wiggling Coors called down and was quite calm chill about me cleaning out his cuts.He’s becoming quite the perfect little horse.
Uploading Lectures in MP3 Format to Math 142 page on this blog. I can’t focus very well and pay attention for over an hour to someone talking with out loosing some of the information. So I record the lectures, and convert them to mp3. That way I can review them later. The page will be: Here!
First off, just want to say I have a new girlfriend. She makes me very happy. I met some of her family this weekend. They seemed to like me just fine.
Deer hunt was good. I had a 250 yard shot at a 10 point, and I took it, however, I think I shot it across the withers, he did not leave a blood trail and I couldn’t find him again. On the last day I shot a 5 point buck, from 520 yards away. I am very happy with it. It’s currently at the taxidermist. Here are the pictures:
That’s my uncle’s 4 wheeler, it get’s me around.
I believe the order from left to right is, me, Brian (dan’s friend) and Jennifer (my other lil cuz)
My deer is the one in the middle, Steph’s first deer is on the right, and Lacky Son’s first deer is on the left, and the fork in the bottom is Dan’s deer.
