Patience and persistence paid off again, and now I can walk up to Belle, give her a carrot and a kiss, run my hand down her neck, give her a good scratch on her shoulder, tickle her withers, and rub her back in long, slow strokes. It isn't quite as easy as it sounds, and there is mustang protocol to follow, but it is good, solid progress. My next goal is to get two hands on Belle at the same time so that I can work on getting the snarls out of her mane, but for now, I'd say our dear sweet Belle is doing far better than fair-to-middlin'.
Gotta love progress!! She is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling my newest Mustang is going to be a little like Belle. She is so shy and submissive and I can get within a foot or 2 of her but she can't handle the touch at all. So I have backed off stick work. She is doing really well in the round pen. We will get there! I have a lot of time and patience!