More Brego

Since I still have the trailer hooked up to the truck I was hoping to pull Chaos and Maverick out and start working with teaching them to load. I know Chaos can load when he wants to but he needs to be a pro at loading when we start doing our serious trail riding.

Since Maverick loaded with such ease, I'm hoping Brego will load just as easily. I'm hoping tonight that I can maybe try my hand at loading and unloading Brego. Of course I'll have to bribe him into the trailer with grain but if that's what it takes to teach him, so be it. He's pretty easy to train, just the simple stuff I've done with him.

It's now been a week with Brego and Chaos in the same pen. I'm thinking of pulling Brego out and putting him in with Bob and Rain. I'll pull Dude and King out and put them in with Chaos. I'm not sure how well Bob will handle it but I want Bob up near the barn so he can be in the leanto. I don't want to separate Bob from Rain but I want Rain to get used to Brego too. I don't want Dude in with Brego yet since he's so mean.

But there is going to have to come a time very soon that the big herd is going to have to meet Brego. I'm hoping this week I can do some more introductions. Last week was just too busy. The only other option would be to throw Brego in with the ponies... now that I didn't think of until just now. I guess my biggest concern is what to do with Brego when Sam arrives. And what do I do with Brego and Maverick once Maverick returns. I've had Brego and Maverick separated from the big herd for the past six months. Part of it was because I wanted to handle them more (which of course I didn't really do) and I just didn't have time. So now I have to make a mad dash to get the horses all used to Brego.

I'm a bit worried that Brego is really going to get pushed around. He already gets pushed around by Chaos. I just don't want him pushed around so much that he doesn't get anything to eat. I may have to pull him into the barn when I feed Bob and let Bob and Brego much on alfalfa and hay (Bob - alfalfa, Brego - hay).

I guess we'll see how tonight goes. At the very least I want to rearrange the herd so that the non aggressives are together and the aggressives are together for a couple of days. I'm sure Dude, King, and Chaos will be ticked they are in the smaller pen without the joys of the leanto off the barn. But I guess they'll just have to get used to it. Keep your fingers crossed all goes well (and that I get a chance to do some trailer loading with Brego and Chaos).