Day 28

Today I brought bigger noodles and a tarp to mess with Upendi with today. The first thing that we did today was tie him up in a different place so I could groom him. I cleaned out his feet today it wasn't very good. He would kick out on his back feet and he did a lot of moving around. I think this was because we were in a newer place and he wasn't as relaxed and concentrated. The next thing we did was go over the bigger noodles. Then I arranged the smaller noodles on the ground so we could practice turning and backing in them. Next I tied Upendi up and brought in a folded up tarp. I rubbed it all over him and made a lot of noise with it the most he did was raise his head. Then I folded the tarp so it was about a forth of the size and put it on the ground. I lead Upendi over to the tarp and then he smelled it. After pawing at it with his hooves for a few seconds I was able to convince him to put two feet on it. Then after waiting a few seconds we walked across it. After he was used to walking across it I spread it out so it was half the size. I wanted to see if he would walk the full length of the tarp. He did! Then we took a little break from the tarp and took a walk around the barn. We walked through the tacking area, up and down were the stalls are, and then we took a different door outside. The mystery door lead to the out door arena and from there we walked back to the main entry. I was so surprised with Upendi's behavior. Besides being a little antsy because of the flies, he was outstanding. When we got back to his run I spread the tarp out so it was its full size and a different color. We walked across it a few times each time with out him getting nervous. I think I maybe able to walk him around with the tarp on his back tomorrow. I have already put a blanket on him and he was fine with that. So he he just has to accept the noise.