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A Breakthrough?

9/3/2013

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Maybe...maybe not exactly. Time will tell...

What on earth am I talking about? Well, I rotated the cows this morning, my bum knee braced up with an old scarf I've had forever (it's my favorite for tying over my ears when a cool/cold wind blows).

I had already opened and closed the 'wood' gates and was pushing the two old cows (I call them 96 and 98--those are their birth years branded on their hips), when I decided that I wanted to roll down my sleeves. Instead of stopping Snip in order to do so, I just wrapped the reins around the saddle horn and started rolling down my sleeves. I was doing a little directional work with my legs, but not much. All of a sudden, I realized that he was working the hindmost cow!

By that I mean he was weaving back and forth keeping her moving (roughly) straight along, while keeping himself at the correct angle to her rear hips. I've been doing this manually with him (and this particular set of cows) pretty much ever since I started the on-horseback rotation. I think maybe he's got it! In other words, I may not have to control him so much as I have had to do. I was also pleased that he wasn't crowding the old girl--that is something he tends to do.

All in all, I have been seeing improvement in Snip's behavoir; some of it more slight than others, but he's "got it", if you know what I mean. (I even think he knows when I want him to stop or slow down; but he just ignores me for whatever reason floating around between his perky ears.) I think that when he misbehaves these days, it's mostly that--bad behavior, not ignorance. (Now...how to break that bad behavior streak? My main guess, patience and constancy...)

        Racheal

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Courtney
9/3/2013 09:33:47 am

I'm so glad! I know you've been working with him a lot, so it must be really nice now that he's improving!

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Racheal
9/3/2013 12:41:15 pm

It is!! It makes it feel like I'm not wasting my time afterall... :)

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Mum
9/3/2013 12:34:36 pm

Good for Snippy!!! (Jumping up and down in excitement) Now the young punk just needs the ornery trained out of him....My understanding is that it takes time. He is still fairly young and the poor thing had some rather unconventional early days of training....

Good for you. Hang in there and don't get over confident! But keep up the steady work...your faithfulness to a task is one of your strong character traits and those of us that know you, admire that strength in you.

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Racheal
9/3/2013 12:39:36 pm

Ha! Yes...everytime I start to feel over confident, something happens to take me down a peg. :D

He really has been doing okay recently--not counting the tiny little buckaroo he gave me one day last week. (That was just friskies and "I want to go thataway, not thisaways!")

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