I don't have a truck or trailer, so will either have to borrow a rig (which I did to pick up Nine, and the owners say I can do so again as long as the truck is not in the shop) or I can bum a ride from someone. I think I would prefer to haul with another horse to save on gas and money. If anyone is interested, the trailer I can borrow is a 4 horse stock trailer, and obviously only one spot is claimed. This way everyone can chip in gas money. Which would be great, because I only have $100 saved up to get me, my family and Nine to Texas and back, though maybe without the horse! I'm near Flagstaff, Arizona, if anyone has any ideas.

So Rebecca, I can't help you with that since you're on the other side of the country! But as for Bu coming up to you, what I've done with my older Mustang I own, is in the round pen, don't let him stop at all until he looks at you, then step back. Doing this enough I got Hammar to start stepping towards me as I back up, and now I can get him to walk up to me from the larger pen, and I can even walk up to him when he is completely loose. Hammar has an itchy spot on his belly which I use to reward him; maybe Bu likes having his back scratched, or his forehead? Or the tips of his ears massaged? If you can find something like that that he enjoys, the rest should be easy.

I don't know if that helps, but that's what I have done with my other horses. Nine doesn't come up to me either yet, but he does turn an face me while I come up to him. Good luck!