tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512986426334766181.post5854974750728008932..comments2014-01-17T00:26:08.183-07:00Comments on Doc Hammill Horsemanship Videos and Workshops: More driving fun!Doc Hammill's Horsemanship Workshopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04338088385397578067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512986426334766181.post-6598457449452588612009-02-27T21:12:00.000-07:002009-02-27T21:12:00.000-07:00HI DeeAnna,"My Turn" went home a happy and success...HI DeeAnna,<BR/>"My Turn" went home a happy and successful driving horse last week. Early in our work I really had no "join up" type of connection with him. He was real vocal to all the horses on the farm. Early on during ground driving he also would notice a horse off to the side and just turn and walk toward that horse!!<BR/>HE had no Idea I was around during those times.<BR/><BR/>During the coldest of our winter days He and I spent some very sweaty days in the round pen and the respect slowly but surely evolved. His join up was very reserved to say the least but he did finally give me his attention. He worked With Val our Morgan mare till one day when the temp was up and the air smelled like spring. He just could not concentrate. From that day on he worked with our Belgian gelding or by himself. For a time, every breath of air he took was checked to see if a mare was in season. He would talk loudly and dance to get the attention of every mare or gelding that was being lead nearby. I set up many occasions to charge toward him with my claws open, MY teeth bared, and my eyes piercing when he was trying to pique the interest of the horse I was leading. I wished I could lay my ears back! That's what finally got him to give me the respect that I feel I needed to continue his training! I was just noisier than he was I guess. In the end he would not even flick an ear toward the geldings, and would only nicker to the mares. <BR/>As he was driving with this owner's gelding on the day of graduation, the owner told me he had decided to geld him to avoid having any situations develop. I hope the next time I see "My Turn" he'll think I'm an OK human! So I don't know if what I have learned is wisdom or pure bull-headed-ness, (is that a word?)but I think I won.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your input to make him go back to work, Because that's what we did. See ya.Wildwood Sleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147995120471272029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512986426334766181.post-49110325434077585072009-02-24T15:54:00.000-07:002009-02-24T15:54:00.000-07:00Hi, Steve ... Say, I was wondering what your concl...Hi, Steve ... Say, I was wondering what your conclusions are about the stallion "My Turn" and his reactions to you (or the lack, actually) when working with him in the round pen. You observed he didn't seem to join up with you like other horses -- he was more interested in sniffing manure. Do you have any words of wisdom based on your experience with this stallion? --DeeAnnaDeeAnna / Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523888550779435392noreply@blogger.com