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We found a hole in Cash's training tonight. We went for a walk on the hill behind the barn. When we started out, I could see a couple deer running half way up the field. I wanted to see how close we could get, and whether Cash would freak out at them, or just watch them. We got up one part of the hill, and the two deer were gone, but there was a young one about 40 yards away. I walked a little closer, it watched me, and slowly turned away from me. Then it just walked off. I don't think the horse ever saw it. We got to where it was standing and it was long gone, but there's lots of tracks from the field leading into the woods, so there must be quite a few nearby.
The hole was, while we were walking, my wife let the lead rope droop, and the horse stepped on it. This freaked him out, and now it was caught around his leg. He kept backing away from my wife and eventually pulled the rope out of her hands and took off. Since he is supposedly a former ranch horse, I would have though he was desensitized to ropes, or at least learned to stand and let the human untangle him, but no. He walked / trotted back to his pasture and just stood by the gate. I'm glad he at least did that and didn't wildly take off somewhere.
I guess we have more work to do.
Here's an example.
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