Working

I let Monty & Storm have a go at working Basher, my horse today. I put Bash in the arena and went and got Storm. It was only the 2nd time Storm has seen a horse so he was a bit wary to begin. Bash is a good boy though and will just plod around the arena while I follow on behind. Storm quickly got braver and was going in and sending him on (he thought it was him sending him on heh). He was a bit gobby and kept having a bark which is just down to lacking confidence. He kept in behind and just drove Bash forwards and at one point Bash slowed down and Storm shot in, nipped him on the hock and sent him off again.
After he'd spent a bit of time working I put him back in the car and got Monty out.
Monty was very wary to begin as he developed a fear of horses after touching the electric fence and getting zapped. There were two horses on the other side of the fence so he figured that horses being present mean't he'd get electrocuted. I sent Bash of plodding round the arena and Monty soon got braver and started circling him. Storm takes the direct route and goes straight in whereas Monty keeps some distance and just circles. He's also a bit gobby and kept barking.
Bash is fine for them to start on but they will need to move onto something else to learn to work properly. Bash isn't scared of dogs so they can't move him around as he'll just walk over the top of them if they try and head him off and make him change direction. I walked round and kept Bash moving and changing direction but of course the dogs thought they were doing it which was boosting their confidence. They need to move onto something that they can move around themselves. I don't know if Mark will let me use his cows to practice lol. They both looked very pleased with themselves after their efforts heh. From there it was off to the lake to get legs clean as they had orange legs from the sand in the arena.