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You know? [ laughter ] i was slightly uncomfortable, at first. i was watching them all the time to make sure they weren t sneaking up on me or anything like that. dake will serve his two-year sentence for auto theft and forgery at rio cosumnes instead of prison. his prior convictions include burglaries, forgery and theft from an elder. he says all of it was fuelled by a methamphetamine addiction. i was stealing. and any money that i could pull in, i was bailing drugs, whether it was from jewelry, whatever the heck i could get my hands onto sell. food didn t really matter at that point. you re just, like, i need to take care of my addictions first. that s how you know it s really got a hold of you. it s got its hand on you like this and saying it s going to make you do whatever you can to ....
I know not to look at them. no eye contact. so you walk toward the right hip. now relax. these guys are touching wild horses for the first time today and they re doing a great job. but it changes moment by moment. you can offer your hand up to her. just stand your ground a little bit. a little apprehensive at first because i wasn t sure how she was going to reaction. i m going to move forward and do some more work with her. there you go. just relax. nashe dake is still at the observer s stage. there you go. just relax. i m not that worried about getting in there with a horse. it was pretty exciting to see that i m going to be part of ....
Before i went and did this. and that s exactly what i want to hear. now reach just slightly under petting her neck and grab your halter rope. there you go. there you go. good. it s been a challenge for myself learning some of the new techniques that mr. joe stepped in and is, hey, this is a little easier way of doing it. it s like wow, why didn t i try that. it s just amazing, his ability. act like you don t even have to guide her now. nashe dake is still in the early stages of the program. he says he was nervous around horses when he first came to the ranch. these other guys are a little bit more progressed. so he was wondering at what point am i going to be, you know, involved, really involved in the situation besides picking up manure. but that kind of depends on them. and i think he s realizing that. be patient with her, be patient with yourself, you re fine. there have been times when i questioned whether this program ....
like nashe dake, carey is also an ab-109 inmate. he s here for selling high-capacity magazines and rifles. carey has been in the 5-month-old horse program since inception. and plays a sort of big brother role to dake. everybody s instructing everybody as they go along. if i ve got a guy that s going to be with me for a long time, i can mold him and then i can pass that onto, okay, you want to take these guys and show them the basics that you ve already learned and then i can move on to the other guys and show them a little more advanced. the other thing that joe has taught us, i ve been trying to get the new guys to follow through. nashe is getting used to being around the horses. never really done this at all, so. they learned how to work together to get the jobs done and also just follow rules and instructions. i mean, that s probably why they re here is because they said i m not going the follow the rules. i m going to do it my way. ....
dake says he hopes that ab-109 will help him do better in his life. he s taking advantage of other parts of the law, as well. there s all kinds of reentry services, all kinds of stuff to get you back into society. in a correct and positive way. and that s what i m looking to do. ironically, i asked god to save my life. and then i ended up stealing a car and coming out here. and my life is being saved and changed. so it s cool. coming up. i want her to trust me. the cowboy shows the inmates how it s done. she s a little bit afraid. try not to look at her so much. i want her to just reach out and touch my finger. ....