Figuring Finn

[Nanno]

Finn is definitely coming along and getting that spark of interest back, but yesterday was difficult for him. Petunia was in raging heat, and Finn had a very hard time concentrating on Phil or I for more than a minute at a time. He would quick do a trick, then race over to the gate to stare at Petunia. If the bucklings were anywhere near her (and they usually were), it was hard to draw him away. Same thing when we went for our walk later on. Finn was busy guarding Petunia from those horny little bucks and it was hard to convince him to leave her side even for a few seconds. If a buck came sniffing around her in his absence he would drop everything and race over to pummel him. Still, even with all the distraction he showed a lot of improvement over what he was a week ago. We didn't hassle him too much while he was so distracted. We recognize a losing battle when we see one and we kept our lessons very short and easy.