5:45 Rise and shine. ohhhh, nice sunrise over the mountains!
6:15 Off to the centre
6:20 Feed and Water for Catcher
7:00 Feed and Water for humans
8:00 - 9:00 Groom Catcher
chat with the humans of neighbouring horses
9:00 - 11:00 Class room learning
pep talk by Pat
Horsenality discussion and videos
11:00 - 1:30 simulations
demos of different horsenalities with horses
1:30 - 2:30 lunch
2:30 - 5:00 Different play stations with Catcher
Big green ball, tarp and pylons.
Tried to teach Catcher to fetch a pylon
Jumping up and down off raised land
going through scary things
into the pond
And most important learning how to teach Catcher to respect my space!
5:00 - 6:00 free time, water Catcher, rest
6:00 - 7:00 feed the humans
7:00 - 7:30 dinner for Catcher and tuck-in
7:30 - walk up the big long hill to the truck
My condo is very nice although a wee bit Christmassy for June. It's like the people who own it were here in December to decorate and haven't been back since. I can't complain though as it has everything I need and then some. AND it's only 3 miles from the centre. Tomorrow I'm going to ride my bike there which may be more work than I anticipate due to the 7000 feet of elevation.
Catcher is doing really well. Some of the horses have changed their personalities due to the new environment, etc but Catcher is his normal self and making all sorts of friends with his playful extroverted nature. He doesn't seem to have lost very much weight on the trip but does seem to be suffering from some dry skin. As are all of us who aren't used to this climate. There have been lots of sunburns on both human and horse already.
I'll put a few more photos on Facebook today.
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