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. :)
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Monday, 4 October 2010
Monday, 7 June 2010
149. Having fun with your horse...
Yesterday after being away for two days i couldn't wait to see Spice and do something with her. So i decided to lunge her for a bit and then loose jump her. I'm really liking doing things with Spice that she is naturally good at and enjoys because for one it makes my job far easier and two it's also good for my confidence because i am starting to realise that a lot of what it comes down to is what your horse is naturally good at...I take no credit whatsoever for Spice being a good jumper, it's in her breeding and she just loves it...simple as.
So, i have decided to concentrate on schooling and jumping rather than making her the bold happy hacker that i so wanted her to be - because to be honest although i enjoy hacking out i actually really enjoy jumping her so why not concentrate on what she's good at?
So my plan for the rest of the week is to do some more loose jumping and concentrate on having fun with each other after all isn't that what it's supposed to be about?
So, i have decided to concentrate on schooling and jumping rather than making her the bold happy hacker that i so wanted her to be - because to be honest although i enjoy hacking out i actually really enjoy jumping her so why not concentrate on what she's good at?
So my plan for the rest of the week is to do some more loose jumping and concentrate on having fun with each other after all isn't that what it's supposed to be about?
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