I had an interesting afternoon. The neighbor asked me over to trim her Morgan stallion's feet, at least the fronts. Usually no big deal. This horse is one we got last June. He was a three year old and fairly gentle. From what I understand he has never been trimmed. Then she thought maybe while I was there I could maybe load him in a trailer he has never been in. I managed the trim as did the horse. The trailer was a breeze. When we got him last summer it was the first time he had ever been in a trailer. After loading a few times she brought out a show blanket. Another first. Got it on and then I loaded him while the blanket was on. What a champ. Two important things about all this. First, we are doing this in the snow and it is cloudy, cold and trying to snow more. Not the best circumstances to say the least. Second, in less than a week this horse is going to a horse e xpo in Denver. His first and hers. This is really crunch traing.

Tomorrow...clipping 101...  

Tags: Stallion Training

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