Pom-pom shaking, part II May 28, 2008
Posted by kimayars Uncategorized
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This weekend has been one of self refelction. I’ve been dealing with two areas of frustration: 1) my exercise coupled with lack of weight loss and 2) my procrastination rut with my horse. I think I have a plan for #1, now it’s time for #2…
My track record for working with my horse has been miserable. The reason? Lazy. Yuuuuuup. It’s either too hot, too cold, I’m too hungry, too tired, etc… When I do go out to see him, I have a great time. He rarely gives me a hard time (in fact, I’m having trouble recalling him giving me a hard time ever). We have our little mounting issue, but there’s a plan in place and I know we can work through that. My rides on him have been great.
So, here’s my GOOOOO TEAM for my pony: It’s time for some miles. My goal is to work him at least 3x a week. Even if I have to go out in the evening, I need to carve out some time for him. He’s so much happier when he’s in regular work. It’s time to give him a job.
Today I lunged him and he was great. I tried first without the lunge whip, but he needed a little more “inspiration”. I picked up the lunge whip, and before I could even extend it I got the big blowy OH-MY-GOD-WHAT-IS-THAT-IT’S-GOING-TO-EAT-ME-SAVE-ME-BEFORE-IT’S-TOO-LATE reaction. Now the funny part is, Tigger wants to jump in my lap when something scares him. Imagine now that he wants to jump in my lap, yet I’m holding scary thing. He’s quite the crack-up. (Save me! No, wait, run away! No, wait, hold me! No, wait, run away!) Anyway, after 30 seconds he realized that the “whip of doom” was not something to be feared.
We ended up with some really nice work. His walk/trot and trot/canter transitions are still developing, even though our work hasn’t been consistent. And he is BEAUTIFUL. I know people adore their own horses, but I had several moments of, “Is this horse really mine?” I fall in love with him again every time.
*shake-shake-shake*
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