Worked Bodie yesterday and I don't know if I am going to be able to deal with his attitude. He is just to concerned about where his "girls" are.
Beautiful day again.
Good morning :~)
I’d say if you only work him occasionally, And he’s with them all the time otherwise, you might have to just work him within sight of the girls. I’m sure I’d have similar issues with Bay at this point, but I always ride him with Cyn along, so I get around it.
But if you really wanted to work him on it all the time, I think Becky would say pull him out and put him in a paddock by himself, and at least take him and let him stand tied by himself a couple hours every day.
I always had a problem with riding my old gelding Tennessee at home for that very reason. At the time I just had him and one mare, Truly, and when I rode either one of them, they were both so tore up about being separated that it was almost more trouble than it was worth because of all the screaming and fence running. Now if I could get far enough away that they couldn’t see and hear each other then it was better, but he always had his mind more on getting back to the barn than on what I was telling him to do. And I realize that that is a training issue, and I guess I wimped out and just didn’t ride much at home because of it. It was just so much easier to go somewhere else where you didn’t have that problem. So I’m not much help am I?! ;o)