Goose – day 17

Nov 16

 My bride and I have a theory that goose does not trust men. She can walk in that pen and rub all over him and he is in her pocket the whole time. So today, I didn’t try to put my hands on him, in the big pen. I went ahead and just put him in the round pen. And then I let Felicia go in. She walked right up to him and rubbed all over him. Didn’t have any issues. I went in afterwards and he immediately moved away from me. So I walked him down. And when he would stop and face me, I would stop and face him. Eventually, we got to the place where I could put a rope around his neck. I did a couple of little short videos to show you what I’m doing,

I know none of this feels like progress. It feels like we’re at the same place we were when we started back on day one. But I have seen improvements in Goose, I have seen him move from running away from me to just moving away.And having enough trust that eventually, I can catch him and be around him.  I think a small pen to catch him is going to be in his future no matter what. I think you’re gonna have to spend 3 to 4 days a week just putting your hands on him brushing him And getting him to trust you.