Kirstin is training Tuff to be patient with her and to respect her space. In this picture, she drew a large circle around her and Tuff could not cross the line plus he had to keep his eye on her the entire time teaching him patience and that he is to look to Kirstin for instructions. She has only been working on this for 2 days and he already has it mastered. As a matter of fact, he learned to stay and come to Kirstin on cue using this technique.

Here Kirstin is desensitizing him to having a rope thrown all over his body. He wasn't in the least bit concerned about the rope wrapping around his hind feet. He has gotten really good about having his hooves handled.

This was Tuff's first time being led around outside of the round pen. He was a little bit nervous and would lean into Kirstin so she has found something new to work on. Morning time she is only allowed to work in the round pen because her father & I are at work, but evening time she now gets to take him out & walk him around. and she is finding out that what worked really great in the round pen where Tuff was comfortable now needs to be worked on outside the pen where he is a little bit unsure of everything.