This message is from: laura fisher laura_fishe...@hotmail.com
Today my husband and I went to a trail that is hardly ever used. As you know,
I had trouble with Elise on the trail. After reading all of the wonderful
contributions, I followed everyones' advice. ( I think)
As we started out I just kept the reins slack and let her find her own pace
behind our quarter horse, Easy ( aptly named). Her length from Easy is about
two horse lengths which I found to be encouraging. Her head was relaxed but
her ears were back until three quarters of the ride, when they started to flip
back and forth and also perk up here and there. If she wanted to trot, we
trotted. She never fussed or misbehaved. She flattened her ears when I stroked
her behind, ( because I smacked her there two days ago), but then she relaxed
after that. I petted her neck a lot and told her how great she is. She
followed Easy over a small stream very well, and I felt the ride was a great
success. The ride was an hour long. We are going to go again tomorrow and
every day it doesn't rain as we are getting into the late fall when the down
pours arrive.
I printed out all of the helpful replies and am going to read them frequently.
One of my faults,( primarily with myself), is pushing too much- just a spur of
the moment without even thinking. I do that to myself in my music, but when I
was a kid and just beginning to learn it was all baby steps.
If anyone is a big fan of Darby Conleys' cartoon strip Get Fuzzy - at the
bottom of one of his books of comic collections is this: (House rule #4)...
The Dog Is Not A Toy and a picture of Satchel( the dog) with scratches and
band aids that- Bucky, the cat, inflicted)..
In my case what I need to foremost keep in mind is The Horse is Not a
Flute.
:) Thank you Lisa, Sarah, Gail, Jean, Valerie and anyone else who took
the time to pass on knowledge that will help me prevent dangerous mistakes and
help build a wonderful relationship between me and Elise.
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