Moan moan, wine, wine lol
Sorry for being AWOL folks, new horse arrived last Sunday & it's been one heck of a week.
He's calming down really well & I can actually walk him from the field to the yard now calmly & without a problem. It was like flying a kite on Monday & Tuesday. Poor lad was stressed beyond belief but he's getting used to his new home now.
Anyway, farrier came out yesterday (he'd lost a shoe) so it was our 1st ride today. I decided to take him up the bridle way & intended just to walk & trot up that. He, however, had other rideas. To cut a long story short I ended up flat on my back & he ended up half a mile away in the middle of the village. He just wouldn't listen to me, couldn't bring him into a walk & he was off (& so was I). Thank heavens for the body protector or I think I'd be nursing a few bruised ribs now.
Anyhow, caught him & got him back to the yard then took him round the menage. He was lovely, listened to everything I asked him to do but he will not trot. Straight from walk to a collected canter & then we end up going sideways because I won't let him go faster.
I know it'll take time & can already laugh about the fall but I am tired, dirty, sore & smelly at the mo. Gonna have a big bacon butty & a bath then formulate a plan. Probably lunge 1 day the ride in the menage the next till I'm certain he's listening to me & we don't have a repeat of today. Will be starting lessons on him soon too so that'll be a massive help.
Despite everything though I am completely & uetterly in love with the big soft beast & so looking forward to the next few months getting to know him properly. He's a jet propelled sweetie-pie
Sorry for being AWOL folks, new horse arrived last Sunday & it's been one heck of a week.
He's calming down really well & I can actually walk him from the field to the yard now calmly & without a problem. It was like flying a kite on Monday & Tuesday. Poor lad was stressed beyond belief but he's getting used to his new home now.
Anyway, farrier came out yesterday (he'd lost a shoe) so it was our 1st ride today. I decided to take him up the bridle way & intended just to walk & trot up that. He, however, had other rideas. To cut a long story short I ended up flat on my back & he ended up half a mile away in the middle of the village. He just wouldn't listen to me, couldn't bring him into a walk & he was off (& so was I). Thank heavens for the body protector or I think I'd be nursing a few bruised ribs now.
Anyhow, caught him & got him back to the yard then took him round the menage. He was lovely, listened to everything I asked him to do but he will not trot. Straight from walk to a collected canter & then we end up going sideways because I won't let him go faster.
I know it'll take time & can already laugh about the fall but I am tired, dirty, sore & smelly at the mo. Gonna have a big bacon butty & a bath then formulate a plan. Probably lunge 1 day the ride in the menage the next till I'm certain he's listening to me & we don't have a repeat of today. Will be starting lessons on him soon too so that'll be a massive help.
Despite everything though I am completely & uetterly in love with the big soft beast & so looking forward to the next few months getting to know him properly. He's a jet propelled sweetie-pie
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