Building Trust With Ivan And Izzy Using The Trust Technique

I was recently asked to help with two feral Clydesdale-TB cross siblings, Izzy and Ivan, who have not been fully gentled. The mare, Izzy, is a five-year-old. She has been haltered a few times in the past (not consistently) and has been led a few times. The gelding, Ivan, six, has only been handled when he was gelded and when he was shipped with Izzy from the Bowie Kill pen in Texas, where they were found facing slaughter two years ago. Trayce rescued them.
 
Trayce is a busy woman with a full-time business running a boarding barn, training horses, and teaching clients. She also had health issues that required medical attention when she took Ivan and Izzy on. For that reason, the two have not had much handling but have otherwise been well taken care of. They need to be gentled so that they can get their shots and have their hooves trimmed. So far, they have been lucky that their hooves have worn down enough on the surface of their paddock not to need trimming.
 
My work with Ivan and Izzy will be to teach Trayce and some of her boarders, who have volunteered to help, how to work with Ivan and Izzy using the Trust Technique to get them used to being handled, haltered, lead and worked with.

Watch The Slide Show Here Of The 1st Work With Izzy