That's right, I worked on both today with Pistol, and again, it went fabulously! This morning I went out to put thrush medicine on his hooves, and noticed there were TONS of flies on him, so I thought I'd better spray him. I loaded up my pocket with treats, and haltered him. Sidenote: I am so proud of his haltering now, as soon as I walk to his shoulder and rub, he turns his head to me so I can halter him! He stood nice and still for the spray, he only moved once. And the time he moved, I kept spraying and as soon as he stopped, I stopped, so I got some licking and chewing and a "can I have a cookie please?" face.
Then later I worked on trailer loading, and ended up working on it twice today. The first time, he got 1 back hoof in the trailer while my grandpa was mowing the yard right next to the trailer, so we stopped and I got some licking and chewing. I really feel like we made a breakthrough today, because the second time we worked on the trailer, I could almost SEE the lightbulb go off, and he went "she just wants me to get in the trailer!", and I didn't have to do anything more than send him to the trailer, and he walked right in. He kept getting back out, but every single time, when I sent him in again, he went further in. The hay guys were baling hay in our field directly behind the trailer, which again, makes it kind of scary, but he was totally fine with it. He put one back hoof in again, and had his whole body in there, with the exception of 1 hoof. I can't believe he managed to stand like that, but he did. I'm so proud of him! He's really trusting me, even though he has NEVER been in a trailer like this before.
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