Well today was Vesta's first day home! She is very anxious and paces. She also seems to be fascinated by our other horses and freaks out when they run off with out her. While working with her today, I realized that since she was caught so young she never really lived in a social hierarchy, so has no understanding of respect and acceptable behavior. So our lesson today was that you never *never* turn your rump towards me. It was a difficult lesson for me to teach because I felt like I was an enemy when really I was a teacher.
I also believe I am expecting too much of her so I am going to reroute my teaching and just go to socializing, which I noticed worked well with her. My dad has just been talking to her and standing around and she is much more accepting of him. So it is time to bring out a good book, a nice chair, and read aloud to her. Cheers!
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