Firewell
Well-Known Member
Hello,
for those that read my post a couple of days ago about my horse that wouldnt load, shoe etc etc.
Well, I listened to the advice on here and I got a local Kelly Marks associate lady to come out this morning!
It went really well, we used a Monty Roberts headcoller and did some ground work in the school to to get her listening to me, she did really well and picked it up instantly. The lady was really impressed and said she was incredibly intelligent and wonderful to work with and that she had fallen in love with her!
We then moved on to the loading and using the same techniques we used in the school. Vay was good and listened to what the lady said, however it got to a point when she realised the only way was forwards into the box and she threw all her toys out the pram and did a perfectly balanced verticle rear
The lady didnt release the pressure on the headcoller though and after that Vay loaded beautifully.
We loaded her a few times and I had a go. Then we put her away for 15 mins, I brought her out again and loaded her another few times by which point she was going up the ramp on her own!
The lady said that Vay didnt have a loading problem, it was me
Im the problem
She said that im not Vay's leader and that actually Vay didnt see the point of me
, apparently im the 'weak' link in the herd. I said that I thought Vay didnt respect me and the lady said it was because I hadnt earned her respect and that I need to be much more consistent with her and not baby her which apparently I do.
So to cut a long story short, I need to work on myself now and be confident, consistent and firm around her. Im now worried that I just dont have the personality for my highly intelligent, brave, strong mare. I think im too flightly for her
. This lady was brilliant and she made it seem so simple and said she wished every horse was like my Vay, so why do I find her so complicated!
Anyhow im going to get one of the headcollers and practice leading, loading etc with her and maybe our relationship will become stronger.
I want to thank the people on here that helped me.
for those that read my post a couple of days ago about my horse that wouldnt load, shoe etc etc.
Well, I listened to the advice on here and I got a local Kelly Marks associate lady to come out this morning!
It went really well, we used a Monty Roberts headcoller and did some ground work in the school to to get her listening to me, she did really well and picked it up instantly. The lady was really impressed and said she was incredibly intelligent and wonderful to work with and that she had fallen in love with her!
We then moved on to the loading and using the same techniques we used in the school. Vay was good and listened to what the lady said, however it got to a point when she realised the only way was forwards into the box and she threw all her toys out the pram and did a perfectly balanced verticle rear
The lady didnt release the pressure on the headcoller though and after that Vay loaded beautifully.
We loaded her a few times and I had a go. Then we put her away for 15 mins, I brought her out again and loaded her another few times by which point she was going up the ramp on her own!
The lady said that Vay didnt have a loading problem, it was me
She said that im not Vay's leader and that actually Vay didnt see the point of me
So to cut a long story short, I need to work on myself now and be confident, consistent and firm around her. Im now worried that I just dont have the personality for my highly intelligent, brave, strong mare. I think im too flightly for her
Anyhow im going to get one of the headcollers and practice leading, loading etc with her and maybe our relationship will become stronger.
I want to thank the people on here that helped me.
