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My
noisy raincoat provides another opportunity to increase Comanche's trust.
Greetings.
Note my approach. If I sneezed, he'd leave. |
I'm fiddling
with my outfit and hair at a distance from him on purpose. I want him to
be able to leave, if my outfit today is even scarier to him than Windy's
saddle was yesterday. |
It's nice
to have his attention .. |
..but we're
working on hooking on, not on facing up. They're not necessarily the same. |
He's quite
brave to reach out for my scary outfit! I praise. But, my goal is to have
him soften through the body. If Comanche would be more settled and wouldn't
leave, I'd ask Rositta (behind) to face up. Right now, she's getting away
with gazing off. But I need to praise Comanche's trust, and if I asked
more, he'd feel the need to leave. |
I'm actually
lightly scratching the raincoat for a small noise. |
He's not
sure about the fabric friction noises. |
Changing
eye. Keep trying. |
Changing
eyes, he had to leave but came right back. |
Changing
eyes, still trying. I don't want to send him off faster today, except once
when I discouraged him changing sides. |
Yesterday,
he steped over behind. Today, I'm happy with this. |
Making
progress, but he hasn't stepped over behind. |
I knew
he was ready to leave, because he's bent only trough the neck, not through
the hind. I predicted to my photographer that if I liften my halter, even
slowly, he'd leave. He did. |
And came
right back, allowing me to calmly up the ante. Here I'm reaching over his
topline with my hand, while rubbing and petting. I'm preparing him to see
a saddle pad suddenly change from his one eye to the other side. Soon. |
Sharing
food with his girlfriend.. or not! |
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