24th March, 2014 Get The Flags Out

Piglet's owner and her Mum both turned up to see him on Friday afternoon and seemed reasonably pleased with his progress. We've tried to address both sides of the equation - lowering his fear levels but also having a nice plan for emergencies so that there is no need to panic if he does get loose. He's had the weekend off and, far from regressing, he seems to have had another leap of faith in us. I caught him within 20 seconds of going into his field and he pushed his head into the headcollar. After that we went for a walk in the woods and practiced our semaphore. For this you need...

A reliable assistant or two

An emergency protocol. Here Piglet is loose with the lead rein and has allowed me to catch him quite easily.

Good communication. We're jogging along well together.

Clear arm signals

Somewhere to rest

A left arm that works too - on his right side this time.

A few obstacles to clear...

and someone to look up to.

"Jumping logs on the lead rein- never thought I'd see that!" DB