Post by ciarafog on Jul 13, 2009 13:52:59 GMT
So last Thursday evening, we were going to bring my horse down to a nearby equestrian centre with an indoor arena to mess around a bit. She had been loaded about 4 times previous to this with no problem but this time she just point blank refused to go into the box. 
So now I was starting to panic a small bit, I live in the middle of nowhere so a horse that doesn't load is going to be a big problem! On Friday morning I rang Sean for help and he said oh right thats grand I'l be up tomorrow! Bearing in mind that Sean lives 3 hours away from me I was just expecting him to maybe give me some advice over the phone but nope I emailed him directions and low and behold he arrived at the yard Sat morning! ;D
An hour, a few games, a lot of passive persuasive assistance(is that right?) and a couple of temper tantrums later(from Tulla now not Sean, that man has the patience of a saint with horses) she was circling over the ramp without a bother, then going into and backing out of the box on her own.
With one problem solved, we moved onto playing more of the games in the shed as it rained torrentially outside, so much for it being July.
Tulla is extremely sensitive and Sean said that she'll be a great teacher because she'll let me know straight away if I'm doing something right or wrong, which is a good thing and a bad thing!
He also convinced me to remove her front shoes as he said she has perfect feet. I didn't have her back feet shod anyway because she had some issues picking those up, 2 minutes with Sean and she now picks up all feet with minimal fuss!
So going to get the farrier to take her shoes off and hopefully he will be ok with learning how to trim them properly and then sometime soon I hopefully will learn how to do it too!
And if it doesn't work we can always put the shoes back on!
I'm really looking forward now to learning how to play the games properly, hopefully they will help us gain respect for each other. At the moment she has no respect for my personal space but Sean taught me how to deal with this and the games will help put me at the top of our little herd. And if we have any more problems, of which I have no doubt there will be, Sean is only at the end of the phone!
Looking forward to the fun day and then the Widdicombes clinic in August!
So now I was starting to panic a small bit, I live in the middle of nowhere so a horse that doesn't load is going to be a big problem! On Friday morning I rang Sean for help and he said oh right thats grand I'l be up tomorrow! Bearing in mind that Sean lives 3 hours away from me I was just expecting him to maybe give me some advice over the phone but nope I emailed him directions and low and behold he arrived at the yard Sat morning! ;D
An hour, a few games, a lot of passive persuasive assistance(is that right?) and a couple of temper tantrums later(from Tulla now not Sean, that man has the patience of a saint with horses) she was circling over the ramp without a bother, then going into and backing out of the box on her own.
With one problem solved, we moved onto playing more of the games in the shed as it rained torrentially outside, so much for it being July.
Tulla is extremely sensitive and Sean said that she'll be a great teacher because she'll let me know straight away if I'm doing something right or wrong, which is a good thing and a bad thing!
He also convinced me to remove her front shoes as he said she has perfect feet. I didn't have her back feet shod anyway because she had some issues picking those up, 2 minutes with Sean and she now picks up all feet with minimal fuss!
So going to get the farrier to take her shoes off and hopefully he will be ok with learning how to trim them properly and then sometime soon I hopefully will learn how to do it too!
And if it doesn't work we can always put the shoes back on!
I'm really looking forward now to learning how to play the games properly, hopefully they will help us gain respect for each other. At the moment she has no respect for my personal space but Sean taught me how to deal with this and the games will help put me at the top of our little herd. And if we have any more problems, of which I have no doubt there will be, Sean is only at the end of the phone!
Looking forward to the fun day and then the Widdicombes clinic in August!
See you at the funday!