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This is what happens when you don’t know when to quit!
to the river a few weeks ago. I decided
to work with Sarah to alleviate some of her separation anxiety.
years old and not broke at all. Sarah
is a sweet horse, but we are just starting to work with her.
of the training. I follow
(correction…try to follow) Clinton Anderson’s training methods.
rope on and lead her around the yard, lunged her a little.
everything I asked. I walked her around
the yard and had her walk across various obstacles. I tossed the lead rope around over her back, around her chest,
rear end and around her legs. She did
great! I flexed her neck; she can touch
herself on one side and almost on the other.
Things were going great! I was
so excited! I was a Horse Trainer!
I went and got a blanket from the house that I was willing to donate to the
training cause. I let Sarah smell it
and rubbed it all over body, then just draped it over her back.
so we walked around the yard some more.
Wow, am I a good Horse Trainer!
I figured the saddle wouldn’t be too much of a leap (UGH!!!).
so it passes the test right away. I set
the saddle on Sarah’s back. She smells
it and side-steps a little, but doesn’t get too upset.
strap down and begin to tighten the cinch strap. Sarah side-steps a little again, but isn’t too upset.
on a good note before the saddle!) was to leave the strap loose.
unsettled, but okay for the most part.
So I alternately walked her and pet on her and talked calmly to her for
a little while. I was so impressed with
us! I was a Horse Trainer!
time. Wait until Bo hears!
stop for the day. But….I decide to lunge
Sarah some more. She didn’t take 2
steps before she started jumping and bucking.
That poor horse was terrified of that thing on her back moving around
and making noise! I held onto the lead
rope while she bucked and jumped and ran off and reared.
jumped out of the way and dropped the lead rope. I guess I’m not a horse trainer yet. That poor horse ran wide-eyed and frantic for a good 20 minutes
while I tried to talk calmly to her and get her to come to me so I could get
the saddle off. It ended up underneath
her after the first jump. I got pretty
close to her once, but she noticed that the neighbor came to help me and spooked,
shocking herself on the electric fence.
We finally got her into the pen and she raced around the pen for another
5 or 10 minutes. I spent the next 2.5
hours trying to get close enough to her to release the saddle.
smell it and she just walked off.
Nobody has been able to get close to her for 2 weeks now.
it with a skinned elbow among other sore spots. Boy do I feel bad. It
could have been such a great training day and went downhill so fast.
my ways. I am slowly gaining her trust
again. Bo thinks I’ll be riding her by
the end of summer…we’ll see. As for the
saddle, it lost a stir-up, the tree is broken and one fender is hanging
off. Basically, the leather is holding
it together. It is now Sarah’s saddle.
around on the lead rope that I couldn’t even shift the car to drive.
was pretty sore. I’m just glad neither
of us got hurt! Of course, I still had
to tell Bo what happened, talk about eating humble pie!
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