7 minutes. Liberty. Peach paddock. Today, when I said his name, he came over to greet me. Mugging was an issue, again. Walked away several times because he was in my space. Hopefully he'll catch on. God, I hope he catches on. This mugging issue has been going on for far too long. He does do other things. He was much better, sharper, at mirroring. Doing it almost immediately. Want to finesse that so it's just a weight shift, so that he has to really concentrate. If he concentrates that may push the stallion/mugging behaviour aside a bit. Also worked on verbal cue head down. Still not got it. Not his strength but we'll get there. Wwylm around the cones. Quite good. That's where we also mirrored. He is offering 'back' in lieu of head down, because I c/t'd them both when we first started head down. Now he's offering it too much so I don't c/t it. Said head down, he backed away from me so that he was actually behind me. Watched his shadow and c/t'd when he finally did it.
No evasions today and very pleased he came over to greet me.
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