March 8, 2013
Cooper has been with me for four days now and he has turned out to be very hard to catch. His previous owner told us this, so I left his halter on and kept him refined to the barn yard when I put him out Sunday night. Monday I attempted to catch him with a bucket of feed, and although I could touch him briefly, there was no catching him. I did not want to push it, and was short on time, so I didn’t force it. I decided to give him some time to adjust and just be a pony and revisit in a few days.
Yesterday I put Simon in and approached Cooper with a bucket of feed. It only took a few minutes before he gave in and let me catch him. I brought him in put him in the cross ties. I brushed him, and gave him lots of cookies and attention. I also held his feed bucket while he ate and continued to pet him. When I let him back out at the end of the short session of attention, I switched him to a breakaway halter and left a lead rope attached.
He was very calm and laid back once I had him, and I think he will come around with some consistent attention. Lets see how the attached rope and only eating grain when caught method does.
Blue Ridge Pony 
manicpony
/ March 8, 2013I have austang from the wild and for years I refused to use food to catch cuz I wanted her to just want to be with me. I gave in and started feeding her on a regular basis and now she loves me! The way to any ponies heart is food so keep it up!