Ginn
Well-Known Member
Really really stupid this am.
My poor horse came in on sat night with the weather and I have only just put her out this am as Chelsea went yesterday and we agreed to keep her in for the day as no one would be around to keep an eye on her until the evening (last time she was left 100% on her own she put herself on the floor through charging around and loosing her footing) and we didn't want her going out and charging around in the dark.
Now Till's really is not a big fan of being kept in, especially on her own, and gets quite stressed and arsey if she has to stay in for more than about 24 hours (which is a big improvement over the last 12 months).
However, this morning I went in to change her rugs and, like I usually do left her loose while I did it as she is usually a poppet. When she didn't quitely stand still because all she wanted to do was get out, rather than do the sensible thing of slipping a headcollar on and tieing her up I told her to stand still, sucessfully wound her up even more, told her off very firmly again which and suddenly her back leg was level with my shoulder and smack! I now have a very sore, very bruised shoulder.
But then I really, and I mean really, told her off (and yes, that did involve a good smack with the end of the lead rope - If there is one thing I will not have its a horse raising a leg to me let alone kicking me - something she has never done before!) and only continued to do her back strap up when she stood perfectly still without a fuss which she did pretty quickly.
It's not telling her off which I feel bad about - she is a big animal and I will in no way tolerate that sort of behaviour - shoot me down and call me cruel if you like, but I blame myself entirely. I knew and could see she was wound up before I even went into her stable and proceeded to make the whole situation worse rather than simply popping a headcollar on and tieing her up. And now I am furious with myself for it - how bloody stupid can I be
Fortunately we are now friends again - she was a little angel while I turned her out, had about 4 bucks, a roll, 1 quick spin around the field and then came charging over for a cuddle and after I'd sorted her stable out she had a carrot but I can't help feeling I made a stressy situation 100x worse
My poor horse came in on sat night with the weather and I have only just put her out this am as Chelsea went yesterday and we agreed to keep her in for the day as no one would be around to keep an eye on her until the evening (last time she was left 100% on her own she put herself on the floor through charging around and loosing her footing) and we didn't want her going out and charging around in the dark.
Now Till's really is not a big fan of being kept in, especially on her own, and gets quite stressed and arsey if she has to stay in for more than about 24 hours (which is a big improvement over the last 12 months).
However, this morning I went in to change her rugs and, like I usually do left her loose while I did it as she is usually a poppet. When she didn't quitely stand still because all she wanted to do was get out, rather than do the sensible thing of slipping a headcollar on and tieing her up I told her to stand still, sucessfully wound her up even more, told her off very firmly again which and suddenly her back leg was level with my shoulder and smack! I now have a very sore, very bruised shoulder.
But then I really, and I mean really, told her off (and yes, that did involve a good smack with the end of the lead rope - If there is one thing I will not have its a horse raising a leg to me let alone kicking me - something she has never done before!) and only continued to do her back strap up when she stood perfectly still without a fuss which she did pretty quickly.
It's not telling her off which I feel bad about - she is a big animal and I will in no way tolerate that sort of behaviour - shoot me down and call me cruel if you like, but I blame myself entirely. I knew and could see she was wound up before I even went into her stable and proceeded to make the whole situation worse rather than simply popping a headcollar on and tieing her up. And now I am furious with myself for it - how bloody stupid can I be
Fortunately we are now friends again - she was a little angel while I turned her out, had about 4 bucks, a roll, 1 quick spin around the field and then came charging over for a cuddle and after I'd sorted her stable out she had a carrot but I can't help feeling I made a stressy situation 100x worse
