Monday, July 26, 2010

Targeting FTW!!!

6:45 p.m.- Trailer arrives

7:05 p.m.- Gwen is all the way on the trailer

7:30 p.m.- Coriander has his front feet in the trailer, he's been a little more difficult so I put him in his stall to think on it

7:35 p.m.- Gwen is all the way on the trailer for the second time

7:40 p.m.- Coriander is all the way on the trailer

7:45 p.m.- Both horses are out on pasture for the night

Targeting and premium treats got both horses on the trailer in under an hour. Oh yeah.

7 comments:

  1. Good work! Sure beats fighting with them.

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  2. Oh boy does it ever. Coriander tried to fight with me but I wouldn't let him. When he got in his "NO" stance I just turned him around, led him back up to the ramp and put the target under his nose. The couple of minutes I gave him to think in his stall helped too. We'll see what thinking about it overnight does.

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  3. Yay! I am glad it worked for you. It always works for us!

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  4. You got it done in way less time than a week. Good for you!

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  5. That's great! We have always used bribes, uh, treats in training. They're a great motivator.

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  6. Thanks everybody! Just so you know, I am not above bribing my horses ;)

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