Day 9

The first thing that I did with Upendi today was lead him on his right side and tie him up. He really understands the whole tying up because through out the whole grooming process he didn't move an inch. I picked up Upendi's feet today we are getting a little better with that. I am thinking that he might be more cooperative if I am picking up his feet for a reason like cleaning them out. We fly sprayed Upendi again today and he doesn't care about fly spray one bit. Next we reviewed his turns. He understands turns on his hindquarters more than turns on his forequarters. Next I tied Upendi up again in a new spot in his stall and brushed out his mane. Then I brushed out the dreadlocks in his tail. I tried braiding his tail bit it looked pretty pathetic because his tail is so thick and short. The last thing that I did with Upendi is take him out of his stall and walk him around in the walk way. We would stop and work on both our forequarter and hindquarter turns on one side. Then I would switch sides and walk him back down and do the same thing. He did so good out there, we were out there for about 10 minutes.