I've gotten a little behind!

Well, this past weekend was horse expo, so I have been quite busy and not able to work with Cabrito much. Talking with some of the other people in the competition kinda freaked me out because they are so much farther along than I am. But I have to remember that I made a promise to myself, that everything I do with this mustang is about HIM and helping him to become a desirable horse for someone to adopt, and that I won't compromise him to do well in a competition. So even though we are way far behind, he's not ready for certain things yet and I'm just going to stick with what feels right. But anyways, Cabrito is getting a little bolder and has hinted at doing some naughty things in regard to respecting my space - so I introduced the flag to him today. I sent him around his pen some to assert myself as the leader, and then allowed him to relax and contemplate when he did the right things. He ended up being pretty tolerant of me waving the flag around and was able to stand relaxed, but he also figured out that when I wanted him to move off, that the flag is a motivating tool as well. Tomorrow we are going to build a chute to the round pen so I can do some more extensive work and hopefully (cross your fingers) get him haltered this week!