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It's okay. it's all right. just stand your ground a little bit. >> how you doing there, carey? >> good. good and sad at the same time. >> why's that? >> because she's leaving. when i started, i started with the ears and she has a soft spot where she leans into you. when their ears are forward they are calm and relaxed when she first started she tried biting. now she's got it all figured out. >> those the two fillies have become more domesticated, misner anticipates having them file into a small transport trailer is going to be hard considering they were running wild a month earlier. >> hand of...

Tough to get to. >> yeah, i can grab another panel. >> i'm looking forward to it exciting, i think it's awesome. to be able to take them off the land they're coming fr and g a second chance. kind of like us. we're getting a second chance they are, too. for me, it's kind of cool. a lot of similarities, we got the wild side we're working on and we're working on that, with them the same thing. >> i'm excited because with these yearlings it really gives these guys an opportunity to gain confidence. you can imagine if they're going to take on a filly that's about 3 1/2 feet tall compared to a thous...

>> the challenge when they got here, we weren't prepared, we thought they were going to be smaller. our fences weren't tall enough. we had to put up sight boards that they wouldn't jump out of the corrals. we had to bring our "a" game into the program. >> now that misner has spent a few days of one-on-one time with the fillies,e's ready to introduce th to the team of inmate trainees. >> the inmates are going to be working with the two-year-old fillies to learn how to interact. ultimately the goal today is to get these fillies responding to the guys on the ground. these guys will be learning ho...

It's another day and another important lesson for the inmates involved with the horse program at the rio cosumnes correctional facility near sacramento. >> do we lose some horses today? >> two. >> two horses. >> a month earlier, joe misner and the inmates were asked to train four fillies on an accelerated schedule, 30 days instead of the usual 120 days. >> you got to pet her like she's your girlfriend, not like you're smacking her around, buddy. >> misner feels they beat the odds having two of the fillies ready to go. >> these guys have not had the opportunity of years and years of working wit...

Was right for me. but that was when i was still afraid of the horses, honestly. it's a big animal. it's got a lot of power. then i realized you have to take their fear and curiosity and sensitivity to use as a tool to work with them. and you can't be scared. >> dake has been gaining experience by working with some of the domesticated horses misner keeps at the ranch. >> you learn a lot about yourself. the animal ends up being a reflection of who you are. if you're not confident, calm, caring, passionate about what you're doing, then the horse is going to know that. it's changed my attitude tow...