Today i hacked Spice out with Ebbie - a horse which can be quite spooky and nappy and to my surprise Spice was more confident than ever -pushing to lead on the way out and happily going in front when pulling in for vehicles to pass - something she has had an issue with before. This made me wonder whether the notion (as many would believe) of hacking a nervous horse out with a more confident horse to help improve their confidence really works as often it seems the nervous horse ends up relying on and hiding behind the more confident horse rather building up their own confidence. I have also found that Spices attention seems to become completely absorbed by a more confident horse to the point where i have felt more like a passenger than a driver which also does nothing for building up your horses trust in you.
So i think from now on i will try to hack out with horses of equal or less confidence than Spice as i feel this works far better.
But as always only time will tell if i am right. :)
Monday 4 October 2010
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