To the right he gave me some of our best trot yet. He was stretching and I wasn't struggling to maintain the correct tempo. We even had a baby stretchy trot. Granted his baby stretchy is basically a normal horse's typical trot. But it is a huge difference for him, especially when you consider his neck set.
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Apparently when we are tracking left it is impossible for him to travel straight. Adding outside leg to put the haunches in line and asking him to step off his left shoulder results in forgetting how to horse. After breaking things down step by step I got about three steps of what I wanted. He was really frazzled so I told him what a good boy he is and got off.
Then to make things even better he got kicked yet again. It is the third one he has gotten since we got back from getting my saddle fitted. I guess I should be glad that he was fine. But seriously horse get some social skills and stop pestering everyone until they beat the shit out of you!
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Then to make things even better he got kicked yet again. It is the third one he has gotten since we got back from getting my saddle fitted. I guess I should be glad that he was fine. But seriously horse get some social skills and stop pestering everyone until they beat the shit out of you!
Penn has no social skills either. I'm lucky he's in a group of VERY tolerant horses. He pesters the other horses to end, and then sometimes gets super bossy with all of them, yet he's usually the last one to come in!
ReplyDeleteYeah Stinker is at the bottom of the rankings but he just wants to play and they are really good about tolerating him to a point. But he can't seem to figure out what that point is...
DeleteYay for some brilliant moments, but boo for getting kicked :( and now I'm craving ice cream!
ReplyDeleteIce cream for breakfast!!! Adulting decisions you won't regret
DeleteIce cream is the answer to everything. And boo to getting kicked! C'mon Stinker, just learn how to horse already :)
ReplyDeleteI know! It's just like come on buddy get it together. But ice cream solves many problems.
DeleteOuch, poor Stinker! My friends horse Wick always wants to be everybody's friend and yea it doesn't usually work out haha. Yay for stretchy trots tho!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure chewing on horses is a good way to try to make friends...
DeleteI was super excited for that and I'm hoping that we will be able to get a passable one eventually.
That's great about stretchiness and good tempo! I know how much work those can be to get ;)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a nasty kick. Hope he is able to stay clear next time.
He typically is able to duck them. I guess he has just been a bit slow lately. It was sore to the touch but there wasn't any heat nor did it bother him when he was moving. I'm hoping that it won't be as sore today (it looked really fresh last night)
DeleteHaha yeah Courage is pretty much permanently banned from social settings. He just doesn't get how to interact with horses and it's dangerous to himself, the horses, and anyone who has to go into the field. Now he just gets solo turnout and it's better for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping that things settle down soon because solo turnout isn't an option. I think it is just because he was gone for a few days and was super excited to be back with his peeps.
Deleteyikes, hopefully things calm down! that kick looks super painful! Also totally jealous of your stretchy trot. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou guys will get there. It has taken us 8 months of walking and slowly adding in the trot. And even now I just see glimpses of it.
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