Passed the pigs

[oldie48]

As title. As part of the kicking myself up the A..... following on from my "wobble" I hacked Rose past the pigs this morning. As it's half term the farm shop was very busy, so lots to look at and a group of kids were feeding the pigs. I took the lead, gave her a boot when she hesitated and a small tap down the shoulder and she marched past. Friend's horse trailed in her wake. So that can be ticked off the list. She's obviously a bit of a towny girl because she's fine with lorries and cars but is a bit iffy with tractors pulling stuff or really big farm machinery, but she's not stupid and will listen. She's also a bit worried by sheep in the hedgerow close to her. Absolutely fine on her own now, not nappy and much more relaxed and left the other horse quite happily for the last part of the hack. She's actually a delight to hack and I am getting braver!

 

[Nasicus]

Lovely to hear you've conquered the pigs

 

[milliepops]

fabulous well done both

Kira is the complete opposite, she's happy with livestock and tractors etc but someone had parked their shiny fancy car in an Unusual Place last weekend and she had a fit of the vapours!

 

[splashgirl45]

thats great, i never conquered the pigs where i used to be, they were wild boar and as soon as they heard the horses they would charge at the fence, we managed it by trotting flat out past them so they were taken by surprise and only got to the fence once we were past....if the road hadnt been busy we would have done it differently , but it was a safe way to get past on that route....

 

[Celtic Fringe]

Well done My old cob is not afraid of much but has a genuine and deep seated fear of pigs. Any other livestock just needs put in its place.
The younger cob will make friends with anything, two or four legged!

 

[eggs]

I once had a horse called Luke who was known as Luke the Spook for a very good reason. Oddly the only thing he didn't spook at was pigs and would happily give other horses a lead past them.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Even the 'frightened of nothing' 16hh Draft mare grew to 18 hh when we passed the neighbour's piglets who wanted to have a good look at her! Well done to Rose and you, Oldie48!

 

[SpringArising]

That's brilliant. Well done for bashing your fear on the head!

 

[Tarragon]

You can tick that one off your list now

 

[JennBags]

I (unknowingly at the time) passed some pigs the other day which Nelson completely ignored but the chicken run next door was a completely different matter!

 

[Fiona]

Well done oldie and Rose x

Fiona

 

[ycbm]

Yay! Achievement! Well done.

 

[oldie48]

Thanks everyone, I feel as if I've got my own little band of cheerleaders who wish me well, there's far too much schadenfreude in the horse world so it's great to get your positive vibes!