Goose - Day 2

 After yesterday, this day wasn’t so hard on goose. He was still pretty snorting and blowy, and didn’t like the rope touching him. But from the time that I started putting pressure on him until the time he started looking at me was much shorter. This was sort of a repeat of what yesterday was. It was pressure pressure pressure on the ground, until he tipped near at me. And then we release the pressure. I rubbed all over him, tossed my rope over his back around his legs up around his head. He didn’t like that too much, back to my thought about him belonging to a roper. It was another good day. 

Goose - Day 1

 Day, one was pretty intense for goose. He immediately didn’t want to be caught, which I’m OK with. But it was a workout for him. I immediately put pressure on his hip and drove him away from me and pushed and kept pressure up until he wanted to tip that ear to me and start looking at me. It took probably a good 35-40 minutes for him to give in and start looking at me. Once that started, I took some of the pressure off of him. But we spent the next 20 minutes or so in an approach and release type game. I would approach him, and if he stayed still, I would walk away from him. If he moved, it was back to pressure on the hip in circles in the Round pen. 

I wonder, if he belonged to a roper. He was really snorting and blowing about the rope, touching him anywhere. And he does have scars all around his legs like he was tangled in a rope or a wire.  

All in all a good day.