Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Eli's coming

Coming along nicely in his halter training, that is! ( His name reminds me of the song by Three Dog Night)
He is getting fairly easy to catch, it's a bonus that he isn't shy like Pistol was, I think it took me a month before I could walk up to Pistol and catch him.


I am working on touching his legs and lifting all 4 feet; every day a little more progress. He's a very feely colt as you can see in the next video:


The lightest touch is enough for him. I took him and mama Belle out on grass and he had to step over a rubber mat that I have covering electrical cords, as soon as he put one foot on it he stopped with a "what the heck!" look on his face and inspected the mat carefully then leaped over it. Not a big leap, just enough to get over it, and on the way back stopped, glanced at it and leaped it again. He is going to be fun to train!

4 comments:

Linda said...

Gosh, he reminds me of Tumbleweed in his movements and mannerisms. Tweed is extremely feely, too. I love Little Eli videos.

Shannon said...

Can't wait to meet this little guy. He is going to be a special one, that's for sure.

aurora said...

What a sharp looking guy! It's fun to see you working with the babies. You are so good at it.

Far Side of Fifty said...

He is awfully cute:)