Worming gone bad

I discovered another thing about Regalo, he doesn't like a lot of people around him. He doesn't trust all of them. He became very nervous when Laura and Sue came out to his pen. We wanted to worm him. He really didn't want me to catch him. We had a very hard time. After I caught him, and tried to put wormer in his mouth up went the head. He was very determined not to let me touch him.

I had to get rougher than I wanted or needed too. He was going to over the top of us. Everytime I got harder he would lick and chew. He was calmer. It was very interesting. The head came down for submission.

Later I took him out to circle up the hill. Noticed he is very un balanced. Then he went over the railroad ties okay. I dropped the lead and he was free. He knew he was free and headed towards his old pen and the rope caught on something and he stopped. I was able to go get him.

very interesting night.

New Giraffe halter

Scary Mud

Last night I went out to the barn to see Regalo. It had been raining for two days and he was happy to see me. He stands by the fence and waits for me.
He is eating his Senior grain and eating very well. I slip the neck rope on him and let him finish eating. Then we get the halter on and go to the arena.
There is a lot of water in the arena and this makes mud and puddles.
We had over to the grooming area and I tie him up to the rail. Leave him there for a few minutes and then go get the grooming stuff. He likes to be groomed and there are horses doing things all around him. Groom tail and then use the stick and string to play friendly game.

We head out into the arena and I look for things to do with him. Sit on the railroad ties and do yo you game. He is listening great. Start the game of do you see the mud, and try to send him through it. He really has his eyes on the mud and doesn't want to get in it. I walk through the mud and he gets a little braver. Then I make it a little easier and he is able to get through it. Don't push him over the threshold.

Move on to the squeeze game along the wall and arena. Did more friendly game with stick and string. Started the send for cicle game. He is good going to the left, but stops at the same place on the right. So I get him to listen to easy and stop him before he gets the steam up. We are now able to do a better circle game to the right.

The sideways game is really don't bad, I have to slow down and let him know he is getting it. We end on this note and go back to graze on some green grass. Finish up with alfalfa cubes and a good night.

One Month Ago

what a change in Regalo in one month. He is starting to eat the good grain. I took him out to the bridge and we walked over it. I turned him out in the gelding pasture and he did good, but then wouldn't let me catch him. To this, we simply took Beeper out of the field, and had him go away. Finally Regalo came to the fence for me to catch him. I was also out of the fence.

He is going around eating grass in different places and I did get him in the trailer twice. Worked him going through the squeeze came between the trailers. He is doing lots of different things. Doesn't want the halter on, but can put neck rope on him easily.

Neck Rope working

For the pst few days I have used the neck rope to get him in thw halter. It seems once he is caught with the neck rope, he doesn't mind the halter at all. Also, feeding him alfalfa and grain at night so he looks forward to seeing me.

Got him to send through gate and do the squeeze game. He is very smart and learns fast.

Everyone thinks he is so cute.

What a night...

It was going to drop down to the wind chill of 19 degrees and I went out to the barn hoping I could get a blanket on Regalo and halter him.

He was waiting for me at the gate, ate 1/4 scoop of grain, and let me brush him and put neck rope on him and then the halter. We left the pen and went out to the arena and I just rubbed him and took some time to just be with him. Gave Regalo a few treats and then put his sheet on him. He was very nervous, but was quite good.

Getting Somewhere Now

Regalo hasa been with me for 21 days. After moving him to a pen with a smaller pen and a stall has may a big difference. He stays in the small pen and lets me grooming without running out. I have started giving him alfalfa cubes soaked every night. Stop him getting the alfalfa from Himie. This made him really take a notice of me.

Have been able to get the neck rope on him a couple of times and he was easy to let me rub and pet him.

Starting to eat some pellets and looks for me to come every day.

New Pen

On Monday we did chase Regalo to get him to let us halter him. He was very frighten and I felt it was the wrong thing to do at the time. Terri did the chasing and he did come to the fence a couple of times to me.

This is not the way to get his confidence. So we moved him to a smaller pen in the back and he has a stall with the larger run. He can herd him in the pen so I can groom him and enjoy him some.

Last night I did get to groom him and feed him some alfalfa cubes that I soaked. But no haltering was allowed.

This is going to take some time to do. He was been at the farm for two weeks.

My Journey with Regalo

December I was given the opportunity to own a Peruvian Paso gelding. He was not being used and needed his own partner. The lady was located in Austin and wanted a good home for him. I was able to relocate Bailey with her previous owner and Uno came up to Arlington to live with me.

The first day he was very upset and didn't eat anything and called out to every horse around. I walked him around and got him to eat some alfalfa. He has very good ground manners, but I did notice that he hasn't been exposed to much. He is a Right Brain Introvert.

This is really going to be a change for me.