Supertrooper
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Just got back, I very nearly chickened out but I knew I would be dissapointed in myself so that pushed me into doing it.
I had two good slugs of rescue remedy before hand and off we went, he planted once just before coming out of our gateway but I purposefully wore my wellies (I know not ideal) so I could tap my whip on them, it worked like a dream. He was a bit spooky/jumpy but nothing too bad and at silly things like a open gate, different coloured hedge etc (typical horse eating things) but I talked/sang to him the whole way. We did a horsey version of 'if you're happy and you know it' - good job that it's rare to see traffic cause they'd think I was nuts ;-)
Now going to treat myself to sausage/mash/gravy with ice cream for afters!!!
Thanks for all your support/advice earlier xxxx
I had two good slugs of rescue remedy before hand and off we went, he planted once just before coming out of our gateway but I purposefully wore my wellies (I know not ideal) so I could tap my whip on them, it worked like a dream. He was a bit spooky/jumpy but nothing too bad and at silly things like a open gate, different coloured hedge etc (typical horse eating things) but I talked/sang to him the whole way. We did a horsey version of 'if you're happy and you know it' - good job that it's rare to see traffic cause they'd think I was nuts ;-)
Now going to treat myself to sausage/mash/gravy with ice cream for afters!!!
Thanks for all your support/advice earlier xxxx