Gentling a Mustang - working with the feet

In this clip, Piney the Pine Nut Pony has come a long way from the first "Gentling Piney" series, and is almost ready to lift his feet for cleaning and trimming. Note that he doesn't get to yank his feet away from me - he has to wait to put them down when I let him, and I only let him when he softens and quits trying to take them from me. On the other hand, I only start this process when I feel he is soft and willing to allow it. Before getting to this stage, one should do a lot of rope work with the feet, moving his feet with a looped soft rope, and touching the feet and legs from the safety of distance, using rope, lungewhip, or bamboo pole, which I did, but this clip does not show that earlier stage.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• BLM
• wild horse
• Mustang
• horse training
• working with feet