August 13, 2008
This morning Penny loaded into the trailer at a trot. It is amazing to see the progress she has made. Then Jere worked with the flag (a sack on the end of a stick) and she didn't give much trouble with that. She is so much calmer and tied onto Jere that I think it makes her trust whatever he challenges her with. After we got done with the flag, she was introduced to the ball. She was pretty wary of it at first. Of course she still doesn't like to squeeze through anything and Jere had quite a time getting her to do that. But she is settling down a lot now. It is amazing what the ground-work does for these horses.
On the way to the trailer this morning, Jere laid the rope down and Shasta got into the trailer and waited for him. She is such an unusual colt, in that she will do almost anything! Work with the flag didn't bother her and she sniffed the ball and Jere lifted it up and put it up on her back and she just looked like she had been doing this all her life.
We still have to give both colts a bath, get them around crowds and a few other things. We have such a good foundation on them now, though, that we think it will be fairly easy to do all the rest.
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