Life as it comes...
Things going well
Posted 05-07-2008 at 01:28 PM by lover
Here is an update! Things have been going slow actually. I don't know what it is, but things seem slow here, almost like I am not busy although I am more then ever! I think I am just getting used to coping with stress and busy schedules (right when the school year is almost over 
) I have been running arons, house cleaning like crazy, still muck stalls, and been riding my horse a lot more! In fact I have a bit of a story to tell.
So things where going really well and i had even starting cantering and have a good canter position and everything. When one day my horse just had had it. He started crow hopping and cantering in place plus he was throwing his head WAY WAY up. And he would NOT GO FORWARD. I was getting so incredably mad finally I called my mom up and she got on him. He did the same for her but he did start going forward after a bit of a fight. Well that went on for about three more rides. I was SO fed up with him and my mom telling me how to get a hold on it and I got so mad at her because I felt like I didn't deserve a horse like him because I wasn't a good enough rider. I felt so bad because I felt like i had let him down knowing that this problem was mine not his. I cried for almost a week straight, after every ride. Knowing that with every ride and every frustrated the problem progressed to get worse and it was because of me, his rider. For about two weeks I had debated on whether I should sell him, knowing that I couldn't ride like he needed to be and that my frustration was only growing. Also, he isn't a very affectionate horse and I LOVE AND NEED an affectionate horse. I prayed and thought and prayed and thought on what to do. No answers came. I think God wanted me to figure this one out on my own, and i did. God gave this beautiful horse for a reason, with a plan in mind. He new that when I prayed for owning my horse that I needed a calm horse that I could have fun on, bond with, and still learn plenty lessons from. When we got this horse, we where iffy as to whether I should get it because he was supposedly 'wacko' and bucked every body off. I prayed that if God wanted me to get him that his owner would call again asking if I was sure I didn't want him and if he DIDN'T want me to have him then they wouldn't call. They called. I got him. God knows my needs and he has furfilled them more then I could ever imagine. Me and my trainer friend (who has lots of horse knowledge and has been helping me and LOVE my horse, big fan of Arabians)decided that we are going to work through this. We agreed on it. Agreed that God has given me this wonderfully patient and beautiful horse and I need to be thankful and work through our quirks, big and small. So we started. I started lunging Willy again in side reins to get him to go forward and except contact. Then I got on him after a week of lunging. He was good. We w/t/c and just had fun. We have done it twice. The next step is to improve my hands because i jerk on his mouth when we canter and get my HEEL DOWN. Those have been two new bad habits I obtained through this adventure of badness. And then I can start getting him on the bit and when I can get my hands good I will try him bareback.
I also decided that I WILL bond with him and he WILL bond with me. Arabians are known for loving their owners and Willy does perk up when he sees me so I can't say he doesn't like me. He does and that's a start. So I started to day with the bonding process. It will take a while, just like it did with my other old mare that died last August. It took us three years to have a strong, good bond. And have only had Willy for 4 months. Not to mention, my trainer friend has had her horse for 4 years and only now do they finally have a strong bond. It takes time and is all worth it in the end. I promised me self, the day I got Willy, I wouldn't ever give up on him, he would have a forever loving home no matter what and that is exactly what he will have! He is mine for life!
Thanks for reading,
Lover
) I have been running arons, house cleaning like crazy, still muck stalls, and been riding my horse a lot more! In fact I have a bit of a story to tell. So things where going really well and i had even starting cantering and have a good canter position and everything. When one day my horse just had had it. He started crow hopping and cantering in place plus he was throwing his head WAY WAY up. And he would NOT GO FORWARD. I was getting so incredably mad finally I called my mom up and she got on him. He did the same for her but he did start going forward after a bit of a fight. Well that went on for about three more rides. I was SO fed up with him and my mom telling me how to get a hold on it and I got so mad at her because I felt like I didn't deserve a horse like him because I wasn't a good enough rider. I felt so bad because I felt like i had let him down knowing that this problem was mine not his. I cried for almost a week straight, after every ride. Knowing that with every ride and every frustrated the problem progressed to get worse and it was because of me, his rider. For about two weeks I had debated on whether I should sell him, knowing that I couldn't ride like he needed to be and that my frustration was only growing. Also, he isn't a very affectionate horse and I LOVE AND NEED an affectionate horse. I prayed and thought and prayed and thought on what to do. No answers came. I think God wanted me to figure this one out on my own, and i did. God gave this beautiful horse for a reason, with a plan in mind. He new that when I prayed for owning my horse that I needed a calm horse that I could have fun on, bond with, and still learn plenty lessons from. When we got this horse, we where iffy as to whether I should get it because he was supposedly 'wacko' and bucked every body off. I prayed that if God wanted me to get him that his owner would call again asking if I was sure I didn't want him and if he DIDN'T want me to have him then they wouldn't call. They called. I got him. God knows my needs and he has furfilled them more then I could ever imagine. Me and my trainer friend (who has lots of horse knowledge and has been helping me and LOVE my horse, big fan of Arabians)decided that we are going to work through this. We agreed on it. Agreed that God has given me this wonderfully patient and beautiful horse and I need to be thankful and work through our quirks, big and small. So we started. I started lunging Willy again in side reins to get him to go forward and except contact. Then I got on him after a week of lunging. He was good. We w/t/c and just had fun. We have done it twice. The next step is to improve my hands because i jerk on his mouth when we canter and get my HEEL DOWN. Those have been two new bad habits I obtained through this adventure of badness. And then I can start getting him on the bit and when I can get my hands good I will try him bareback.
I also decided that I WILL bond with him and he WILL bond with me. Arabians are known for loving their owners and Willy does perk up when he sees me so I can't say he doesn't like me. He does and that's a start. So I started to day with the bonding process. It will take a while, just like it did with my other old mare that died last August. It took us three years to have a strong, good bond. And have only had Willy for 4 months. Not to mention, my trainer friend has had her horse for 4 years and only now do they finally have a strong bond. It takes time and is all worth it in the end. I promised me self, the day I got Willy, I wouldn't ever give up on him, he would have a forever loving home no matter what and that is exactly what he will have! He is mine for life!
Thanks for reading,
Lover
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