Young and Stubborn

Hey Readers!
Havn't been able to think of anything to write, but had a very interesting session with Chevy at the stable today that revealed some intriguing things, and also gave me a new project. The thing with Chevy, that young black horse, is she won't lunge, or really round pen. As soon as you attempt to get her to circle around you on the rope, on her own, without pulling her head she just stops and won't move. It's like she shuts everything out, until she get's her way. I have never seen an animal act that way before just like a teenager plain stubborn, "I will not do this". Of course the most important thing in the world in not to run in a circle, in the future she will need to learn how, but for now other plans have come into place.
After using Chevy in a movie for my video production class I realized she is perfect on camera, besides being beautiful she is quiet, doesn't spook and is smart, I decided I wanted to teacher some tricks. Silly ones such as bowing, laying down, nodding on command. For me I thought it would just be fun, but I talked to Jessenia about it today, and she thought my idea was perfect, but thought farther then I. If we can clicker train her to do tricks on command first she will have a job which will give her some purpose at this stage in an area were she doesn't go in stubborn mode and the other thing if we can get her to easily respond to cues, signals and tricks, with treats and clicker and stuff we can basically trick train her into doing what normal horses do, such as trotting in a circle around a stationary human holding a rope (ooooo exciting!) I have always loved training horses and with marching band coming to an end this will be a great project to undertake. I start next week! Updates soon!