May 10th

His name is Ari. It means "looks like a lion" "fearless" and "brave". Today we play in a big pen and he has lots of movement. He hides behind a tree so I play hide and seek. Ari thinks I am a weird thing but he is curious. I take a small flag on a long pole and follow him with it. He reaches out to smell it and lets me touch him with it. Ari seems to work through things quickly. I like that alot. I am able to catch him in this pen and lead him a little but once he startles and gets away. The 22ft rope dragging behind him scares him and he runs. When he calms down and I catch him I try to use the rope to touch his leg but this is too much pressure in this big pen. Tomorrow we will try this in the round pen. Today he lets me brush him much easier and we have made some progress so I let him go for the day.