Tarps, schmarps!

More work today with tarps (about 20 mins.), on a slightly windy day... he was such a good boy. Though he may not be so amicable when I start to put the tarp over his body, head, etc.! ;-)

He followed me when I walked through the "chute" (note no lead rope)... I've learned that basically his philosophy is "If Mom can do IT and IT didn't kill/ eat/ maime her, then *I* can do it too! Snort!"

My normal view of Sport when I unhook his lead
so that he can roam in the roundpen (if he wants), when I adjust/move obstacles.

I still have to walk "with" him as he goes into the close ended chute (a.k.a. trailer stall),
he won't "self load" yet, but he'll get  there...

He's pretty comfortable with it all. As a matter of fact, in this pic above, there are two traffic cones on the other side of the chest "wall" to give him more of an idea of a wall (a.k.a. "stop"), since the try before this one, it was just the tarp on the temp. corral posts  creating the chest wall, no cones... and he didn't understand fully that he was *supposed* to stop, so he kept walking thorough the wall (see below) pulling out one of the temp. posts and dragging the tarp with his legs and belly. I  was very proud that he didn't freak about having the tarp drag, touch him, make loud noises as he walked through it (and all he did was walk, there was no rushing), yet alittle dismayed he didn't fully stop when I asked him to whoa! I chalk it up as a success however! :-)

The closed end of the chute after the Great Sport Walk-Through...
See below for the after of Sport realizing he's supposed to stop at the chest "wall".

"What?!? No big deal mom, really...!"
(as an aside, the short lens on the point & shoot camera makes his head look huge and body look funky! He's much better looking than this pic!)