Motion Picture Blog

That's right, we have Durango VIDEO today!  Choppy as it may be, as about three minutes of our 20 minute round pen session was actually spent MOVING... at least it's something!  Durango is every ounce as lazy as his sire.  Today was his very first round pen session!  I had my helper again, Mark, so that I could video.  We have a wood fence round pen, which is barely sufficient as a round pen... working on building a new, heavier duty one, but this is what we have for now.  I don't like it, because I've had babies panic in there and try to jump or successfully go through the fence.

So, with a warning to Mark to not get after him too bad, to keep him relaxed and quiet so that he doesn't panic and try to go through the fence like all the babies seem to try at one point... we let him loose.

Well.

That was a waste of my breath, because the darn colt wouldn't budge, and when we DID get him to budge... it was barely budging.  Like I said, I had the video camera in my hands for about 20 minutes... and got about three minutes (total, not consecutive!) of the good stuff.  If there is an opposite to panic, that was Durango today.

Aside from the workout he gave Mark, he was a VERY good boy.  He even broke a sweat today, and stood nicely for a bath after.  Slowly but surely... we are molding into a future show horse!

Enjoy the photos and short video. :)

cute faced studs :)

Once you get him in on the concrete, you can see how big he is.  Mark is 6'4!

scrub scrub scrub... wash that dirty white butt!

so fresh and so clean...

and of course... the video, click on the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JTiZfDLsf4