Day 27

Today I feel like Upendi and I accomplished a lot. The first thing that I did when I got to the barn was tie him up and fly spray him. My goodness the flies are bad this year. Then I brushed him all over. Next I pick up all four of his feet with out hesitation and him kicking out. YAY! I brushed his mane and his tail and then I brought out the long, floaty things. Pool noodles seem to be a favorite desensitiser for the Extreme Mustang Makeover Nebraska. Previously, Upendi only went over one noodle. But today he was forced to cross 3 noodles spaced 3 feet apart. This was no big deal to him, except he kept kicking them out of place and stepping on them. Next I picked up the noodles and rubbed him with them. He didn't care for them touching his belly or his back legs. I put them on the ground again in other fashions that made Upendi back through them and turn while in them. The next thing I did was bring out a tarp sounding flag and rub it all over him. Then I brought Upendi to the round pen. I hooked up a lunge line to his halter and grabbed a flag. We started working on stopping, changing directions and trotting. Tomorrow we will work on crossing the dreaded tarp!