applecart14
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I have come to the conclusion that I rush around my horse too much. As soon as I get to the yard I give him a mint, then groom and tack him up so I am on board within ten to fifteen minutes of arrival. I am not aware that I rush around him but last night I was really taking things slow as I had a bit of time of my hands, so I got to the yard, got changed in the car, and went directly to the ménage and set up a grid. I gave him a groom, tacked up and rode in the school, spent ages warming him up and cooling him down afterwards and had a chill when I turned him out in the paddock. He was really good and jumped lovely (our first grid in about 10 months) so he got loads of praise from me, didn't put a foot wrong. I felt like I rode really well last night, and the whole session was one of confidence, and happiness for both of us.
Just the evening before I'd watched a programme featuring Kelly Marks 'Harry goes hunting' and I was amazed how quiet and slow her movements were around the horse, and it struck me that I rush around my boy too much. Its been mentioned before that I was rushing too much around my friends youngster by my friend and I had to agree with her.
Like so many horsey people I have a very busy life - I drive for almost two hours a day in total, work for nine hours a day, go directly from work to the horse, muck out, ride etc then zoom to my partners where I spend two to 2.5 hours before going home. I feel like I am on a ferris wheel sometimes, rush, rush, rush, my life is dominated by the clock even at the weekends there are never enough hours in the day.
I think I am going to knock seeing my partner on the head for a day a week and have that time to do what I want with my horse in a nice easy relaxed fashion. How do you find enough time to do your horse. Ask yourself honestly, are you conscious that you rush around yours?
Just the evening before I'd watched a programme featuring Kelly Marks 'Harry goes hunting' and I was amazed how quiet and slow her movements were around the horse, and it struck me that I rush around my boy too much. Its been mentioned before that I was rushing too much around my friends youngster by my friend and I had to agree with her.
Like so many horsey people I have a very busy life - I drive for almost two hours a day in total, work for nine hours a day, go directly from work to the horse, muck out, ride etc then zoom to my partners where I spend two to 2.5 hours before going home. I feel like I am on a ferris wheel sometimes, rush, rush, rush, my life is dominated by the clock even at the weekends there are never enough hours in the day.
I think I am going to knock seeing my partner on the head for a day a week and have that time to do what I want with my horse in a nice easy relaxed fashion. How do you find enough time to do your horse. Ask yourself honestly, are you conscious that you rush around yours?