Ok this is going to sound really minor, but to us it is a major breakthrough....
he came over to us and let us walk around him and stroke him all over when he was loose in the field!
This is the first time ever in the whole time we have owned him so we are over the moon with him!
....we have been catching him by luring him into a round pen with food and once in there he is fine to catch, but loose in the field you cannot catch him or even touch more than the tip of his nose before he shys away.
This was the first time he willingly let us into his space when he was loose, he let both of us rub him all over and even let Stephen give him a hug! We made sure we did not restrain him in any way and didn't even consider catching him we just gave him a stroke and a scratch and then walked away...he is finally starting to tell us he is ready and willing to come to us of his own accord, we had no treats or feed he was just happy to walk up and let us stroke him.
he came over to us and let us walk around him and stroke him all over when he was loose in the field!
This is the first time ever in the whole time we have owned him so we are over the moon with him!
....we have been catching him by luring him into a round pen with food and once in there he is fine to catch, but loose in the field you cannot catch him or even touch more than the tip of his nose before he shys away.
This was the first time he willingly let us into his space when he was loose, he let both of us rub him all over and even let Stephen give him a hug! We made sure we did not restrain him in any way and didn't even consider catching him we just gave him a stroke and a scratch and then walked away...he is finally starting to tell us he is ready and willing to come to us of his own accord, we had no treats or feed he was just happy to walk up and let us stroke him.
