Goose – day 14

 I think maybe goose has learned that when he boogers and spooks, he gets left alone. I believe he learned this at some point in his past. So today when I could put my hands on him in the round pen, I just loop my long lunge line around his neck. I didn’t try to put a halter on him, I let him think that he was loose. And then I started approaching, retreat, put my hands on him, and walk away. His right side seems a little more touchy than the left, so we spent more time there today. And what I learned is a lesson for both of us, maybe. I learned to be more patient today. Seems like that is an ongoing thing with me. , so we spent more time there today. And what I learned is a lesson for both of us, maybe. I learned to be more patient today. Seems like that is a ongoing thing with me. What he learned was that just because he boogers and jerks away he’s not getting away. I still had a rope around his neck, and I was still coming back to touch him in that place that he didn’t want me to touch him. Right now, I’m just walking around him. He’s loose, he can leave if he wants to. But while he is not exactly the friendliest horse in the world, when you’re working him, he is also not leaving right now. I think that maybe there’s some trust building up here finally where he realizes that I’m not gonna kill him and eating him. He’s still a bit of a touch me not, but today was much better