The Kids' Progress This Week

All the kids progressed great this week.  Inky and Dodge City both made huge advancements and Cabio and Bells did great as well.  I'm very proud of all of them and how hard they try for me.

Inky

Inky got a little better day by day, going from scared to death and never been touched before to letting me scratch him all over and catch him without having to rope him.  I sack him out everyday and he gets quieter and quieter.  He's a wild thing still but he tries so hard.  I've introduced him to lunging for respect stage 1 and  I've desensitized him all over with my stick and string, as well as my lead rope and hands.  I've bounced all around him and don't slow my movements around him at all.  He needs to learn that I can move quickly around him and he's not going to get hurt.   I really like this colt.

Dodge City - Look at the dapples on this guy! 

Dodge City made the biggest advancements this week.  Although he doesn't like to be rubbed as much as Inky does, he tolerates it and warms up to it more and more.  I sacked him out really well with the stick, string, bandana and lead rope and I thought he was going to fall asleep on me.  I did have to rope him once but now he lets me catch him with ease.  I'm very happy about that.. lol.

Brad rubbing Dodgie down

I had Brad come in and do the Jefferies method with him and he did so good.  I was a little unsure about how he'd handle it, but he about fell asleep a time or two.  I was tickled!  

I put the suricingle on him after that and lunged him around a bit and he didn't even buck once.  I was sure he was going to come apart but he took me completely by surprise.
He is the most beautiful dappled buckskin colt.  Just a fancy looker.   He's come a long way in just few days from being a scared to death, reactive colt into a big puppy dog.  What a guy!

Baby Bio all grown up :) 

Cabio got jumped all over by Brad also (Brad was a tired guy this week lol xoxo) and was also saddled and left to soak.. He didn't buck at all either and I'm starting to think that there must be something in the water up here that the colts don't want to buck at all.. lol.  Cabio is almost ready for me to climb on.  He's going to make such a nice horse.  I'm so proud of him especially since he's one that I raised from a baby.

Then there's Baby Bells.. Laina and I started calling her Silly Filly cause she's just a little clown.  When we brought her home a month ago she was a terrified little ball of fight and now I can't keep her out of my back pocket.  What a little gem!

Laina and Bells

 Laina really likes her and those 2 get along so well.  Laina kept asking me if she could help train her and how could I say no with her being so gentle.  I had Laina crawl all over her and jump up and down on her and she quiet as a mouse.  If I had a saddle small enough I'd saddle her up and go from there but she's so small.. lol.  I might borrow Laina'a saddle and see if I have a really small girth, but I'm not sure if I do or not.


 She's still for sale but no serious hits yet.  I might just have to keep her.  :)
 

Laina and her Silly Filly 

On a side note, we are only days away from welcoming Katie Jo's puppies into the world.  Poor Katie has now hit the "waddling" stage and is more than ready for this to be over.  But then she'll have a bunch of lively puppies to keep up with! lol  She's sleeping in the house until she has them.. last think I need is for her to have them under the house where I have to crawl under there and see what she has.  No Thanks!  :)