this was a new one..
i thought he was falling asleep.
but no..
i spent between 5 & 10 mins trying get bit in his mouth. finger in between teeth did no good. presenting favourite treat, no good. he was not going to open his mouth. he proved he wasn't asleep by occasionally turning his head to investigate passing car/look see what a noise off might be...
weird.
eventually he had to swallow, of course, so relaxed and bit went in.
what was that about?
i divided on arena tonight - out yesterday, and I've a date for a hack out tomorrow.
so we started off better than we have recently, circles either end, then i thought a serpentine - and he stopped on the last leg of the serpentine.
backward was no great help. he would go back the odd step but not then move forward. turn on the forehand left, ok, but not forward. turn on the forehand right, no thank you...
looking forward to RI's visit on Thursday..
He is one stubborn boy. Seems to me you are just going to have to be more stubborn. Hope you instructor can help. He surely would be trying my patience if he were in my barn.
ReplyDeleteProbably the best strategy is to not react and patiently wait. Maybe a treat after the bit goes in will help. I am sure it's bad for their teeth but maybe dip the bit in sugar before trying to put it in.
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