I came back to the forum and found that a member I like a lot is unhappy.
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I don't critikize what she did with freckle, i guess it was the best way to do with him. I critiquize the fact she didn't accept a critik. And it is a shame.
Remember: I know, that I know nothing (socrate)
I feel quite disapointed right now...
I'm sorry you thought I did not accept a critique. I didn't think I rejected it, or accepted it, or put any emotional weight on it at all. Yes, I gave a short answer to you. What you said is quite correct, but the time for doing that is after the horse KNOWS it is correct to go OVER and not around, isn't it?
I think it is more important AT THIS TIME for Freckle to understand I WANT him to go OVER the barrier. Getting him to go over PROPERLY should come after he fully understands it is correct to go over, shouldn't it?
Freckle has a personality that makes him often accuse himself of wrongdoing even if it was correct, you see.
Right now he's still questioning me if I actually, really do mean it that he should go over and not around ...
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I agree with what you said Romy, but that didn't remove my idea that freckle is not enough motivated to jump..
You are correct. Freckle is NOT motivated to jump - because he has a suspicion that maybe something that is so much fun is "against the rules" - he's been like that since before I got him and most new tasks trigger some of it to come back again. He is enjoying himself in the video, however, and for now that must be "the goal." After he is certain it is a "good" thing to do, then I can worry about HOW he goes over.
Actually, in this video I was asking him to walk most of the time and he was having a lot of fun so he kept on trotting ...