After coming off Daisy quite badly nearly 3 weeks ago and not being able to ride for a few months, my friend Anna suggested I start doing some Parelli ground work and pointed me in the direction of a free offer they have at the moment for 1 month where the DVD's for level 1 are available on line.
I have never had any time to do anything like this before as always gravitate to riding her but had watched Anna a couple of weeks ago with Rosie and was well impressed.
Any how from being signed of because of the accident I find I now have the time and oportunity to have a go at this so I started doing it a few days ago.
Now a few days earlier when I had visited Daisy she obviously picked up my body language and the fact that I am weak atm and walked all over me, munching grass while I was trying to lead her and she just 'knew' I didnt have the strength to do anything about it.
I am a bit stronger each day but the lovely thing is that she is really responding to the pretty basic stuff I have started doing and she appears to really enjoy it, I am once again 'addicted' to her and cant wait to see her again - 10 days ago I didnt want to go anywhere near her.
Dont think I will ever get up to my friends level because I hope to be riding sometime in the summer but I feel really positive about this time with Daisy now, we are 'bonding' in a new and different way and what seemed like a long dark tunnel has now turned into a new and exiting journey.
I suppose this could go in confidence club or natural horsemanship but just wanted to share how every cloud does have a silver lining - this one does anyway :dance:
I have never had any time to do anything like this before as always gravitate to riding her but had watched Anna a couple of weeks ago with Rosie and was well impressed.
Any how from being signed of because of the accident I find I now have the time and oportunity to have a go at this so I started doing it a few days ago.
Now a few days earlier when I had visited Daisy she obviously picked up my body language and the fact that I am weak atm and walked all over me, munching grass while I was trying to lead her and she just 'knew' I didnt have the strength to do anything about it.
I am a bit stronger each day but the lovely thing is that she is really responding to the pretty basic stuff I have started doing and she appears to really enjoy it, I am once again 'addicted' to her and cant wait to see her again - 10 days ago I didnt want to go anywhere near her.
Dont think I will ever get up to my friends level because I hope to be riding sometime in the summer but I feel really positive about this time with Daisy now, we are 'bonding' in a new and different way and what seemed like a long dark tunnel has now turned into a new and exiting journey.
I suppose this could go in confidence club or natural horsemanship but just wanted to share how every cloud does have a silver lining - this one does anyway :dance:
