I have these moments on a fairly regular basis in my life. But sometimes it works out OK .
Every day I put Harley out in the morning , and when I feed at night I have been making it a habit to halter him to lead him into his pen.It is a good learning experience for him,and also keeps him for crowding me with his pail of nosh.Mostly he is very good to catch, but did have a few days when I got home form mexico that he was running form me. I just herded him into his pen, then haltered him and led him back to the top pf the hill to get the bucket and led him back down. I didn't have to but I did have to halter him (you cant let these kids away with running off) so it is good work for him to learn he cannot avoid being caught by running into his pen.
The last few days he has been much better, occasionally stepping away but always comes back and lets me catch him.And then there was today,he quick stepped sideways,(here is where the stupid idea popped into my head) and I for some unknown reason grabbed a handful of mane and said whoa!
Now those who have tried this out there know it usually ends in a "mane burn " or cut fingers from them yanking the hair out of your hands and leaving at speed. But not today .I grabbed mane and said whoa, and he stopped. Just like that! Good boy Harley! I haltered him and he nicely walked to his pen with me. Sometimes it works out just fine.
I am sure hoping that premise applies in July , I got a great opportunity to participate in a Dan James of Double Dan Horsmanship"Ground Control"clinic .I am not going to learn how to get my horse to sit on a bean bag or rear on command( I got that one already) more to learn about thier ground driving techniques and build skills for me and for my horse, learning to improve focus and partnership.
I will be taking none other than our very special "FV Catch a Dream" Cat, Aka , the Fat baby or Whoa Dammit.I had barley committed to the clinic online when I looked out and saw , her doing some frightening and athletic, "airs above the ground" in her pen!
I swallowed hard and thought "Oh my, am I really doing this?"
Yup I am , I can and will get her and I ready for the clinic.And we will both work hard and learn!
And it will be just fine
Stay safe and warm my friends. I will get some more current pics soon
11 comments:
What a good boy Harley! Gotta love it when they listen to you especially as a baby!
The clinic sounds wonderful and I am so excited you get to do it!!
I loved that video! The interaction between horse and human is very dear.
Good for you. She is a beautiful girl. I can't wait to see how well you both do in the clinic ...you will do well. See it happening :)
Well, you know what I think already:)
That's the trouble with FaceBook, I say what I mean, but it's hard to say it the same way twice.
You da bomb, Farmer Fern :)
The clinic sounds great. Hope you learn loads.
You will be fine and you will do fine. You're there to learn so you will for sure, bring something home from the clinic.
Don't forget to breathe and above all smile. It's supposed to be fun dammit!
Cant wait for more pics, and to see how your clinic goes!!
How exciting a clinic! Go you!! You will have fun :)
And what a good boy Harley!
~Lisa
I so love your stories. What it's REALLY like to raise horses and all the huge amount of work that goes into them. I'm glad he whoa-ed instead of goed!!
Well of course it will be fine ....because you my friend can do anything:)That's quite the video.
Having a goal like riding in a clinic is the beat way to focus on what you need to do to be ready for it. Ole Whoa Dammit is going to be burning a few brain cells, methinks.
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