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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:09 am
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Once he was done with his own horse to put the halter on, Jican had turned around and looked at his two students as they got to know their horse they picked. The one he picked himself was also looking at them curiously with his ears forward and literally over Jican's shoulder. The Kitsune in turn stood with his back against the horse, though he didn't lean in to much not wanting to use the poor animal as a support beam.
His ears twitched slightly as he watched them and a gentle smile played over his lips when he saw how Kana managed to ignore his fear for the horse and also came out of the stable with the horse next to him. It was already closer than his friend had allowed Ivy to be. "Well done, both of you." He gave Kana a gentle nod not wanting to openly speak of his fear. That was for Kana alone to share to whomever he preferred. Jican quickly walked by the horses to see how the halter was put on and as expected both were put as they should.
Since they had brought the horses to the beam he stood at as he instructed, Jican took the rope of his own horse and turned with his back to the animal, facing his side to the beam. "Okay the next part is quite simple but just as important. Tying your horse to the beam correctly, so they won't accidentally pull free. Our horses are well trained and won't run that easily, but they, too, love to run around free sometimes.
We let them in the grassy field you see next to the stables, but since we would need you to pick your horse, we had them all stalled still." The Kitsune motioned to one of the staff of the school that had joined them and as the man turned to bring the other horses to the field where they usually stayed, Jican turned back to the class and smiled. "Alright, to return to the class, I'll show you step by step how to tie your horse easily yet securely to the beam so you can brush it." Jican made a loop with the lead and tied it around the beam to a quick release knot slowly, so they could see what he was doing.
"This knot is often used to tie a horse cause if you pull the other end.." The teacher took a hold of the other end and pulled it, causing the knot to untie itself so they could see before he tied the knot anew. "Give it a try with your own horses." Jican smiled and once more stood back to let them try for themselves and watch over it as he gently petted his horse's neck over his shoulder..
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:09 am
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Jican was watching calmly, since Orion seemed to have worked with horses before he didn't really notice anything special about the tie up, but knowing his friend Kana was scared of horses and to accomplish such a feat made him smile and he nodded to Kana. "Well done, both of you. But get off the horse Orion, I didn't say you could sit on her already, please stick to the class schedule." No one should get on the horses that quickly, sure they were well trained and quite tame, but it was poor conduct towards the horse. He had sounded calm enough still, but his horses were his everything. With a gentle pat on his stallion he walked to the grooming kit.
"First of all, after mucking out the stables which as you can see have already been done, is to groom the horse to help their coat shine. A shining coat is a healthy coat. Whether you do their hooves first or their coat doesn't matter, but the order of brushing does, so let's start with that." Jican turned so they could see what he was doing and started to brush the horse as an example that they could follow. First brushing in a circular movement with one brush, before brushing them like one would their own hair but with a different brush.
"Don't be afraid to put some pressure on the brushing. You won't hurt them, in fact brush to lightly and you won't get all the sand out of the coat which can start to irritate them. After that you can use the soft brush to brush their head, carefully there, and the comb to groom their manes and tail. Go ahead and try it on your horse." After giving them that free range to start grooming their horse, naturally he finished his own horse as well, for the duration of the class, this horse would be under his care solely, unlike the ones for his students that would be for the entire semester. All the horses knew him anyway.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:14 pm
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