Just a heads up subscribers...Nigella Lawson I am not 😆
Sometimes you know your horse os brewing for some stinkery behaviour just by a look in their eye.
It was quickly confirmed 😆
A playful Regalo showing me how much better he feels ❤️
Lots of stuff coming this weekend.
(Reupload as a video because reels shortened it)
Lots of stuff coming this weekend!
Well I'm definitely not going to be using this camera for any more session filming that's for sure. I've had to cut bits out the video because the lack of image stabilisation was making me feel seasick watching it 😆
Anyway, as mentioned in my previous post, we've been taking some time to rebuild confidence and connection between Meg and Pixie after Pixie had some medical investigations and treatments.
One of the things that came about post medical shiz was that Pixie lost all confidence with loading and travelling. She'd go in the trailer tense and then kick up a stink when it closed up.
After all the other work we've done, revisiting the trailer went exceptionally well.
Loaded and shut in without a drama and when it was opened up there was no desperation to get out. Wonderful 😀
Pixie hasn't been out on the long lines for a decent distance for quite some time as we've been working on lots of connection stuff between her and Meg.
I took Pixie to start with and the Meg took over half way.
I have to apologies for the shakiness of the camera. Firstly, Pixie has quite a pacey walk and secondly, the phone I had to get as an emergency has a terrible camera with no image stabilisation 😩
Pixie had a wonderful time and really enjoyed being out and about in the world again.
Liv and baby Larsen have been practicing their presenting for mounting and it's looking pretty cool.
Larsen is currently unbacked but Liv would like to have her first sit on this winter. I have been working with them, putting all the preparation into place to help them achieve this goal.
In this session we also expanded their groundwork and did some confidence and communication prep with Liv stood on the mounting block.
For the second time in a week I was up in the middle of the night, panic sorting an issue.
Luckily I had Screamy for emotional support 😆
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I had a little liberty session with Regalo after our pole exercises this morning.
During the session he kept telling me that he wanted to kick and push the barrel so I sent him off to let him play with it. What I hadn't counted on was him changing his mind on the approach and half attempting to jump it.
My heart was in my mouth because of his leg. He however, looked quite chuffed with his attempt but then confused as to why I wasn't beaming with joy 😆
Floss has had some medical investigations and treatments in the last few months which has meant trailering to the vets.
Prior to the investigations she was getting sticky to load and Sophie wanted to make sure that she felt fully comfortable going forwards post treatment.
When horses get tricky to load after vets visits it's not because "they think they're going to the vet" and the vets isn't a nice place to travel to. It's because when traveling to the vet it's likely that they're in pain which makes the travel uncomfortable. The amount of effort it takes for a horse to hold themselves in travel puts extra strain on any sore points of the horse. This can make the horse reluctant to load even after the pain has been resolved. The horses doesn't know that medical issue + travel = pain in travel. All they know is that last time they were in the trailer it didn't feel good for them.
Sophie did exactly the right thing of checking how Floss was feeling about the trailer prior to going anywhere else. Floss did initially have her reservations but we worked on making sure that she was truly comfortable before we took her on a little travel.
First travel went well so we reloaded and took her for a slightly longer one which was even better.
When we got back we reloaded Floss to check how she travelled. I ALWAYS reload horses when I get to a venue or home from a venue to check this.
A horse not enjoying travel can be anything from lack of confidence, the road conditions on the route taken or unexpected braking (for example if a car pulls out in front of you). A horse can hold onto these things and when we open the trailer can be relieved to get out even if they appear calm.
If they leave that vehicle with a negative emotion about it and you turn them straight out you don't find out that the horse felt that way until the next time that you go to load then and they get sticky. The horse remembers the last emotion associated with the trailer and that's what they come b
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