Schooling

domane

domane

Retired cob mum
Jul 31, 2005
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I have ALWAYS found schooling boring. Hacking has been my thing. Lessons have been few and far between due to lack of funds and interest. The more I thought about how I "ought" to school, the less inclined I was to do it, even though I know that the only way to achieve stuff is to practise. I even sent Gracie away for a month last year so that someone else could do it! Then she came back, we had saddle issues for 4 months so all the good muscle Gracie had developed faded away..... and I felt we were back at square one. Demoralised.... waste of time and money. *sigh*

I attempted our first dressage test a couple of months ago, knowing full well we were rubbish, but I got a baseline score and it was a bit of a wake-up call. I actually decided to start practising .... and Gracie seemed to sense a change in my attitude in the school and became a little more cooperative. This has delighted and excited me and I truly feel that we are starting to get somewhere now. She is coming into a contact and maintaining it for longer periods and not fighting me any more. We've both "knuckled under" and..... dare I say it..... I'm a schooling convert! I haven't hacked her for weeks. I really must, before she gets stale. We are by no means consistent, but we she offers it, I really feel her back lift and it all goes light. I say its the "power steering kicking in". Fab

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It can be quite addictive once you get into it and it's amazing how quickly you will both come along if you are consistent with whatever it is you are doing :)
 
joellie said:
Well done , you are both looking very trim and toned :)
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Thank you! Thankfully YM has wised up this year and is rotating the fields better so G hasn't had the chance to really balloon.

And I've lost nearly two and a half stone, pretty effortlessly, by converting to the ketogenic way of eating. I'm sure G appreciates my reduction too!! Haha
 
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Congratulations on the weight loss!

I wish I could catch the schooling bug. I've just resumed lessons (haven't had one since last year because of Raf's sore legs and then my op) but although I enjoyed my first one and promised myself I would definitely practise this time, I haven't really. It's been 9 years and I'm still trying ... :p
 
Well done on the weight loss, keto sounds interesting but I don't think I could stick to it for long, like my fruit too much and your only allowed berries I believe?

As for schooling - I miss it so much, I only ever wanted to be a happy hacker, but once I started schooling and getting results with myself and Belle I really enjoyed it, I still love hacking but yeah I definitely had the schooling bug, although I did always alternate between schooling and hacking as it was never Belles favorite job.
 
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