Yesterday G added a few more desensitizing items to his pen. He now has a "jolly ball" tied to one of the rails so if he wants to play with it he can. He also has a tarp hanging on the gate and some tote lids laying just for fun. He moved over and around them with no trouble when asked. He gave the widest space when going past the tarp hanging on the gate. After a little while he was comfortable walking closer to the gate.
He also has figured out that grain and supplements are food. For quite some time he would look at the pellets and turn away. I am thankful he is finding them to be good.
He appearantly has nose worts. I contacted our vet and he said that it is very common in young horses and that it will go away in about two months. G was sad to hear the news since the mustang challenge competition is in two months. We will hope that his good food and care will decrease the time but the only other option is surgery and I don't think that is a good choice.
Lastly, G lead Jet out of his pen for the first time today. He was leary leaving the pen but once out was quite a gentleman. He led well and kept a cool head while our three other horses got a closer look at him. When G was done and tried to take him back to his pen, Jet had a definite opinion. He did NOT want to go back inside. At least that was G's take. I think he was not sure about going through the gate. I am positive that next time it will be much easier and all G's fears that he doesn't trust her and doesn't like her will be washed away.
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