Sorry for the lack of updates, I have been having problems with my computer.
Kipling Flynn is coming along very well. He is now halter free except when Jess asks him to wear it, he can go out into the pasture with the smaller horses and comes back when called. Jess groomed him all over a couple of days ago, and today she really brushed out his mane and forelock. He is still a bit jumpy so she used a sweat shirt to flag him, and literally five minutes later he was wearing it on his head! He is amazingly calm, and I think will make a perfect child's pony! Jess is working on picking up his feet, which he thinks is silly. She is taking this one in very short sessions.
Jessica uses clicker training with her horses, this is where she has conditioned the horse to expect a reward when she clicks her tongue once. Every time he accepts her intentions, or performs correctly he gets a "click" and a treat. The treats she uses are alfalfa cookies, our little horse then decided that he could nibble and bite for the treats, so she turns away and clicks when he leaves her alone. Now he waits politely for them to be offered. Kipling still gets scared, and runs to Jess for protection he wants his shoulder connecting with her hip or to jump right into her pocket. the next few lessons are going to be on "personal space" of the person.
