Kai day 4

Just a short post because it was a short session. And a good one! Today I opted to just work him in his "stall"  (if you can call 20' X 40' a stall) because the weather isn't cooperating- showers and thunder boomers off and on all day.
I only took the stick and string in with me. I put Kai in his regular halter and lead, and stood in front of him and started slowly flipping the string from side to side. At first he got all worried and tried to cut left and right, but I made him keep facing me (thanks for the tip, Shayla!) and in about 2 minutes, he just stopped.... and it was all right. After that, he just let me do whatever I wanted with that ole string. Of course I didn't pressure him up too much by being aggressive with it, just kept up with flipping it around all over the place ,all over him, and even wiggling it on the ground beside and behind him.

I dropped his lead shank and kept working for a little while- Kai never moved a foot. Good boy Kai! Yesterday's lesson really paid off. Another day of doing ground work like this- I'll up the pressure a bit- and then I'll go back to saddling him- and I sure hope he stands still for that! I'm looking forward to ground driving him.