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I want to pick everyone's brain regarding working Comanche.
The Subject: Comanche~Coming 8 yr old~Has only been a broadmare so has been handled very little. She's in foal and due to deliver on or after April 16.
What's going on:
70% of the time I can walk up to her and rub her shoulder (if I'm not holding her) but then she will either throw her head over/into mine or push her body through/over mine in order to leave when SHE wants to.
30% of the time when I try to walk up to her, she chooses to walk/trot away throwing her head around.
The challenging part:
I don't have a round pen (where I usually start my horses) til spring.
She's in foal and due the earliest the middle of April.
The ground is frozen and snow covered
What I'd like before the foal is born:
For her to start yielding to pressure when I'm around. Yielding her neck and her butt.
I'd like her to respect my space.
I'd like to be able to touch her all over.
(should I be wanting anything else)
What are my options? Can I do anything right now to get what I want without endangering the foal? Or should I just deal with it until fall when the foal is weaned?
The Subject: Comanche~Coming 8 yr old~Has only been a broadmare so has been handled very little. She's in foal and due to deliver on or after April 16.
What's going on:
70% of the time I can walk up to her and rub her shoulder (if I'm not holding her) but then she will either throw her head over/into mine or push her body through/over mine in order to leave when SHE wants to.
30% of the time when I try to walk up to her, she chooses to walk/trot away throwing her head around.
The challenging part:
I don't have a round pen (where I usually start my horses) til spring.
She's in foal and due the earliest the middle of April.
The ground is frozen and snow covered
What I'd like before the foal is born:
For her to start yielding to pressure when I'm around. Yielding her neck and her butt.
I'd like her to respect my space.
I'd like to be able to touch her all over.
(should I be wanting anything else)
What are my options? Can I do anything right now to get what I want without endangering the foal? Or should I just deal with it until fall when the foal is weaned?