I took a walk out thru the pasture today to check out the grass. The field has been so over grazed for so long that although the grass is growing in, it’s not ready for the horses yet, I figure in another couple weeks I’ll be ok to turn them out on it, but for right now, I’m going to hold off – this is something I have trouble with and part of the reason it’s been so over grazed – I have had problems in years past keeping a hay source past the end of April but my wonderful hay lady informed me she still has over 3000 squares and that I shouldn’t worry about hay!! YAY! Anyway, so with a steady hay source, it’s not an urgent need to get them out on grass so ….we wait!
But the point here was – I was walking back thru Buddy’s pen, and he was following me. I stop, he stops. I walk, he walks. I turn, he turns. He and I have a connection that I haven’t had with any horse other than Buck. It is kind of bittersweet for me but it led me to start questioning what is different for me with Buddy than with all the others that I haven’t been able to connect with since Buck. Buddy and I have a partnership very similar to what Buck and I had. He trusts me, I trust him and we’re happy….the key to that seems to be understanding. I understand that he is a youngster and wants to please me but may still get scared and he seems to understand that I’m a “fraidy cat” and takes pretty good care of me.
So – finish this sentence…….Partnership with my horse means…...? What?
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What, your going to make me think now? Geez, I come here for mindless entertainment you know! Let's see "Partnership with my horse means not having to worry about them killing me." And by that I mean not acting like a ninny most of the time. I guess I just should have said trust. I need a nap.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, let's see.
For me, partnership with Zephyr means each of us knowing what the other is going to do before we do it. It means we take care of each other. It means we don't throw anything at each other that we can't handle. It means we understand and accept each others' shortcomings, and work around them.
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