With no mood for riding at the moment I grabbed my book Horses Never Lie by Mark Rashid and headed down to the barn. I hadn't started reading it yet because I have a current obsession with Beautiful Creatures but today I decided to begin. The weather was decent, slightly chilly with a breeze but sitting in the loafing shed soaking up sun definitely made it better. I ignored the horses, I'm also working on my Undemanding Time with them. They were all frisky because there were some new cows in the back pasture that were supposedly trying to spook them. I opened my book and was hooked the moment I read the first sentence. Rashid did a great job writing this, I love how non-fiction can be written in a story kind of way, it is my favorite. I am not sure how long I read for but it must have been at least thirty minutes (for Undemanding Time the minimum requirement is 30mins) and the only reason I left is because someone was going to drag the pastures. It was a very nice time and definitely lifted my spirits for the time being.
As I was leaving I was still ignoring the girls but then Ava started to move in weird direction and ended up following right up next to me. Even Poco came over for a hello. I gave both of them some strokes and scratches then told them goodbye. For all the people who don't believe that natural horsemanship really works then well, your loss... I definitely believe in this "fluffy bunny foo foo bullsh**" as I've heard it said before, it, without a doubt, works. I am a believer! I don't care what no one says, horses never lie!
I'm so for natual horsemanship too and love that you just went to the paddock to hang out. I so want to do that when the weather gets warmer. Grab a book, and a camp chair and go read a novel with my red mare grazing nearby! Sounds like that was a very nice time!
ReplyDeleteIt is true. There is no such thing as a dishonest horse. They always let you know exactly how they feel.
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I agree about natural horsemanship! I think the better a rider is at listening to their horse, the better their horse will be for them! Also, the easier you can communicate with your horse softly, the easier they will be for you! This isn't to say I wont give a horse a nice smack if they do something bad and deserve it....I think its the people that have no boundaries with their horses that give 'natural horsemanship' a bad name!