NOT fun! I separated the foals from their mothers about 10 days ago, by putting them in a smaller corral sharing a fence with the dams. That worked well - everyone was comfortable. On Saturday I started trying to work with them - they figured out pretty quickly how to use each other to escape being caught! So....I decided it was time to learn how to tie. The corrals are set up under the oak trees, which make great tie hitch from above! After stringing up some ropes from the branches above, I caught Elegido and clipped him up. He figured out pretty quickly that pulling back didn't do anything but put some pressure on his head, and when he walked forward it went away! A few times doing that process, he just hung out pretty relaxed. The great thing about tying from above is that they really don't have anything to pull against, no sitting back and being able to break the lead or hurt their poll.
Tentacion didn't catch on as quickly. She kept pulling and jumping, pulling, rearing, etc. After a few minutes she caught on like her brother and they calmly sat there for about an hour.
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