>> her a long time to learn to trust us.  She has taken to jumping
 >> imaginary jumps when we lunge her.  She is doing what we want then
 >> throws in a little jump then looks at us then continues with what she is
 > Learn to watch her real closely.. a lot of horses will
 > give you some indication of what they're about to do..
 > when she does start with something like this.. jiggle
 > the lunge line and bring her attention back to you.
    Like "Baby" 'snorting' .  Sorry, I just couldn't resist 
jumping in with that.  "Baby" was so funny -- everytime she didn't like 
something she was snort like a bull .... THEN she did something stupid  
...... But, she always gave herself away with her "snorts" first.
    PATTI has started doing that now too (snorting) -- before she just DID 
something stupid (but usually you could 'catch' it in her eyes if you were 
looking straight at her) but I could almost always "talk her out of doing 
something stupid" ....... now she kinda' snorts first -- I can talk her "out 
of it" and she's fine.  It's been a long hard haul with her but we've 
definately made progress.
    X blows through his nose when he gets a little upset - it's not a snort 
nor a nicker ..... just like he's blowing his nose ....
    Isn't it funny how they all have their little ways??
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