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This quiet mare tends to pace around, sticking to herself and hugging the edges of her contained space. She's pretty wary of other creatures, humans especially, and eyes passing people carefully.

To adopt her, tell me how you coax a relationship out of her between the two of you.

Username: loveinspired
Show Name: Magic Intution
Barn Name: Enchantress / Tress
Gender: Mare
Sire: Foundation
Dam: Foundation
Eye Color: Slippery Seaweed
Coat Color: Liver Chestnut Tobiano
Genes: ee aa nTO
Breeding Notes: N/A

[loveinspired]

Username: loveinspired
Show Name: Magic Intution
Barn Name: Enchantress / Tress
Answer: We were in no rush to finish Tress, and carefully considered how we were going to approach training her. It was clear she was intelligent and wary - there was not a moment in which she was not analyzing her entire situation and every variable. We didn't want to rush her so instead of simply catching her and forcing our presence on her, our approach was to move her to a round pen in the arena, giving her plenty of room to move around and keep her distance without having to chase her through a 5 acre pasture to work with her. Seeing her watch everything around her made us feel as though she was a pretty inquisitive mare, so our first goal was to make our visits to her pasture a pleasurable thing. When we came to visit, we'd inspect her pen, walking around it to check for anything that shouldn't be there and to clean it, and then leave her food behind. If someone passed by the round pen, we would leave a small carrot or biscuit. Eventually we progressed to entering her pen and just hanging out, then playing with something that she couldn't see - like an empty bucket or a halter. Eventually her curiosity and familiarity with us led her to approaching. It was by no means a fast process, but we were rewarded with the knowledge that she'd come to us of her own accord, when she felt like the time was right. After we were able to touch her, it was much faster progress although still using the same approach and retreat and low pressure method we'd used all along.

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Username: SergeantWinter
Show Name: Behind Puzzled Effects
Barn Name: Tetris
Response: At first I would want the mare to get use to my presence, so she knows I am not going to bother her or hurt her in any way. This is will establish some sort of trust. So every afternoon I'll sit inside her pasture and draw the mare or read my book. I won't make any advancements towards her and I'll actually ignore her as if she isn't even there. Eventually she will notice I am not a threat and she'd begin to grow more comfortable, and more confident around me. But even though she might be slowly coming closer to me due to her newly acquired confidence to be near me, I will still not pay attention to her or move towards her. Keep in mind this will take a whole lot of patience and more than one day, most likely months of visiting the pasture for periods of time. So I will not acknowledge the mare is there until she is the first to touch me. When she does, I would slowly feed her a treat so she doesn't spook. Whether that's in my hand or on the ground, its whatever the mare accepts. And after that I'd leave and come back the next day and the events repeat so that once she stops hesitating to see me I can hopefully pet her. The goal of this would be that when she sees me, she will greet me at the gate for a treat and a pet. So that the mare can trust me and know I won't let anything happen to her. This would also be the first of her training because this technique is used often in Parelli, and I believe this will sweet mare would be a good Parelli horse.

[Naeco]

Username: Naeco
Show Name: Second Chances
Barn Name: Chance
Response: I would study the mare's personality for a week or two, and give her time to settle into her new home. After that, I would continue studying her, but get closer over time. I would eventually sit under the large tree in our smaller pasture, reading a book or something. Slowly getting her used to me. Over time, this will elevate into a relationship that cannot be broken.

[HowlingHooves]

Username: HowlingHooves
Show Name: No Mas Pantalones
Barn Name: Britches
Response:
For some horses, patience is needed. For most, actually. Patience beyond what many people are willing to offer. And even after waiting patiently for this mare to settle on her own it was clear, painstakingly, that she would not. Even introducing other horses from the safety of a barrier, such as a fence, tying them for a short while to a hitching post near the corral or just walking the same horse by every hour did nothing but sow more fear in her.

So another approach was made; we introduced to Britches a goat. And not just any goat, one that had been used to keep a rather savage and ill-tempered atallion in check; Halsey, a quiet little goat of grey and black and white, was a tried and true companion to help ease some others into new situations at B&N ranch. And it worked, albeit slowly, with Britches as well. It took some time before Halsey was able to skdle up near her and just eat some of the hay that was given for breakfast, and as the days progressed eventually Britches was more shy and nervous when Halsey was out of sight. Unfortunately, Halsey was also needed to keep Condor from tearing across the property as well so it was decided another goat be introduced to Britches.

And she took to the nanny much more quickly than she had to Halsey! Eventually, while giving the nanny goat a good brushing and some extra attention, Britches inserted herself into the mix. She was wary, but her handler marked her progress with carrots, a bit of extra grain, and some very gentle scratches along her jaw. Repeating this process lengthened the time that Britches would tolerate her handler close to her, so long as Amelia the goat was close by as well, and eventually a halter was introduced to the mix. With that down, it would only be a matter of time before Britches was much happier and less agitated with new people milling about in their day to day activities.

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This lady will be judged tomorrow. :3

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Username: loveinspired
Show Name: Magic Intution
Barn Name: Enchantress / Tress
Answer: We were in no rush to finish Tress, and carefully considered how we were going to approach training her. It was clear she was intelligent and wary - there was not a moment in which she was not analyzing her entire situation and every variable. We didn't want to rush her so instead of simply catching her and forcing our presence on her, our approach was to move her to a round pen in the arena, giving her plenty of room to move around and keep her distance without having to chase her through a 5 acre pasture to work with her. Seeing her watch everything around her made us feel as though she was a pretty inquisitive mare, so our first goal was to make our visits to her pasture a pleasurable thing. When we came to visit, we'd inspect her pen, walking around it to check for anything that shouldn't be there and to clean it, and then leave her food behind. If someone passed by the round pen, we would leave a small carrot or biscuit. Eventually we progressed to entering her pen and just hanging out, then playing with something that she couldn't see - like an empty bucket or a halter. Eventually her curiosity and familiarity with us led her to approaching. It was by no means a fast process, but we were rewarded with the knowledge that she'd come to us of her own accord, when she felt like the time was right. After we were able to touch her, it was much faster progress although still using the same approach and retreat and low pressure method we'd used all along.

All yours. c: