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Teaching Shadow to drive, stages 6 & 7

Now that he's used to the idea of weight and the feeling of shafts, he's almost ready to drive in the cart. We gave him some exposure to the sounds of the cart next, pulling it around in front of him. We also had him trot along behind the cart with Liz driving an experienced pony and me holding Shadow's line.

After that, we hitched him up to a cart himself:
I'm still ground driving in this picture, letting him get used to the cart - and letting me work up some nerve to actually get in. (He's yanking on the lines very rudely in this shot...)



And here we are! For the early attempts, we had Liz walking along holding Shadow's head. We have just started taking very short little drives without her as a safety net. I think what's limiting us at the moment is more me being brave enough, rather than Shadow knowing enough!

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posted by Jaime_sama @ 11:50 AM