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<blockquote data-quote="flaboy-" data-source="post: 199690" data-attributes="member: 3688"><p>OK, here is the latest update. I picked up my cattle panels from the hay barn and made a round pen. Not real big, about 33 feet or so. I took the filly in just before dark the first night and she did really well for her first time.</p><p></p><p>Last night I took Idiot in and he did pretty well after I got his attention. He wanted to get me twice but I could see he changed his mind. I had him going CW and CCW and then stop. I was able to approach him even though he stopped with his head towards the fence. I thought he would bolt but didn't. He did make one try like he was going to bolt but I stepped to his rear and over to the direction he was about to bolt in. He let me rub him and followed me to the gate and I let him out.</p><p></p><p>Then I went and got the filly. She did well until she got bored I guess because she was only in there maybe 10 minutes before she got stubborn. She wanted to come in to me and stop. She did this a couple times. I finally stepped to her rear and popped her on the heals with a buggy whip. Neither would respond much to my lead rope attempt. I got her to go CW and CCW a few more laps, stopped her praised her and let her out. I guess she just gets lazy and needs more pressure to keep her going.</p><p></p><p>I thought Idiot would be worse than he was but he responds to pressure pretty well. I will try to use my Lariat tonight instead of the buggy whip on him at least. Not sure the filly will do much with just that. She was hard to reverse a few times but I got her reversed. This is my first ever attempt at round pen training as I have said in the past, I always did things the old fashion way (rodeo at 2 YO). </p><p></p><p>Any advice from you guys who have done this type of training will be well received by me. I can see the benefits of this training especially since I have another 11 months on both before I get on their backs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flaboy-, post: 199690, member: 3688"] OK, here is the latest update. I picked up my cattle panels from the hay barn and made a round pen. Not real big, about 33 feet or so. I took the filly in just before dark the first night and she did really well for her first time. Last night I took Idiot in and he did pretty well after I got his attention. He wanted to get me twice but I could see he changed his mind. I had him going CW and CCW and then stop. I was able to approach him even though he stopped with his head towards the fence. I thought he would bolt but didn't. He did make one try like he was going to bolt but I stepped to his rear and over to the direction he was about to bolt in. He let me rub him and followed me to the gate and I let him out. Then I went and got the filly. She did well until she got bored I guess because she was only in there maybe 10 minutes before she got stubborn. She wanted to come in to me and stop. She did this a couple times. I finally stepped to her rear and popped her on the heals with a buggy whip. Neither would respond much to my lead rope attempt. I got her to go CW and CCW a few more laps, stopped her praised her and let her out. I guess she just gets lazy and needs more pressure to keep her going. I thought Idiot would be worse than he was but he responds to pressure pretty well. I will try to use my Lariat tonight instead of the buggy whip on him at least. Not sure the filly will do much with just that. She was hard to reverse a few times but I got her reversed. This is my first ever attempt at round pen training as I have said in the past, I always did things the old fashion way (rodeo at 2 YO). Any advice from you guys who have done this type of training will be well received by me. I can see the benefits of this training especially since I have another 11 months on both before I get on their backs. [/QUOTE]
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