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Jeff and Moe: Getting To Know You

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March 05, 2024

Jeff started working on learning groundwork and doing his riding homework.

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Moe and Jeff 06/09/2024: A First--Moe Refused Stay in Pasture

June 09, 2024

After our ride, Jeff walked Moe on lead to the pasture with the other horses. When Jeff got to the barn, he discovered Moe followed him instead of choosing to graze the green grass. Jeff sat on the top of a barrel to acknowledge Moe's bid for connection for about 20 minutes. Jeff jumped off the barrel to stow it away and Moe followed him around.

Bringing Moe Home February 09, 2024

February 09, 2024

Moe is a Very Vocal Horse. Wow.

February 10, 2024

Last night, after we grained and stalled Moe, we walked out of the barn and as we loaded up into the truck we heard Moe whinny. Moe is all fight or flight at the moment. He starts to breathe heavier and faster when he is unsure. This was expected. He was taken away from his place of familiarity and inserted into a new herd. After a little hindquarter yielding work, I tried to send him off to my left to see how he would do with lunging signals and a flag. He was not happy about the flag. So we will be doing some flag focus work to help him with his lack of security and lack of trust at the moment. Some things are surprising. When I stand at a distance and relax, he is coming to me which was not expected because of the fresh trust issues. He has all the right in the world to have trust issues right now and we talked about this before we made the commitment to Moe. Another shock, Howdy was relaxed! I mean, head lowered, eyes blinking slowly like he's about to slee...