MrsElle
Well-Known Member
I was given a little standard Shetland mare a few months ago. She has issues. Many, many issues!
We haven't been able to catch her yet. I don't want to coral her and catch her like that, as it has been done before and she gets very stressed and it sets any progress back a few steps. The plan was a 'slowly, slowly, catchy monkey' (or mare!) approach, but due to the dark nights and mornings, I haven't been able to make much progress.
This morning I went to the field for the first time in several days. I have been away and someone else was checking on the girls for me. As I pulled into the gateway, all the girls stopped eating and looked in my direction. As I climbed over the gate and called 'hello girls', the Shetland whinnied and trotted down towards me! While she didn't let me quite touch her, she was evidently pleased to see me and was just an inch or two out of reach
I nearly cried, while she will follow me around in the field (at a distance), it is the first sign that she quite likes me and does want to form a bond
Happy, happy, happy Mrs Elle
We haven't been able to catch her yet. I don't want to coral her and catch her like that, as it has been done before and she gets very stressed and it sets any progress back a few steps. The plan was a 'slowly, slowly, catchy monkey' (or mare!) approach, but due to the dark nights and mornings, I haven't been able to make much progress.
This morning I went to the field for the first time in several days. I have been away and someone else was checking on the girls for me. As I pulled into the gateway, all the girls stopped eating and looked in my direction. As I climbed over the gate and called 'hello girls', the Shetland whinnied and trotted down towards me! While she didn't let me quite touch her, she was evidently pleased to see me and was just an inch or two out of reach
I nearly cried, while she will follow me around in the field (at a distance), it is the first sign that she quite likes me and does want to form a bond Happy, happy, happy Mrs Elle
