2007-2010 January 5th

 January 5, 2008

It was "snaining" today, so I just worked Phoenix very lightly in the round pen, then did the standard backing, flexing and desensitizing to the stick and string.  I also did the "run up and rub" exercise and he was very good - only threw his head up in the air once.  Next, the young girl who volunteers at the farm, Ashley, asked if she could help train Onyx, so I showed her the 4 backing ways with Onyx, yielding the hindquarters and then we desensitized to the stepstool.